Senior Systems Engineer Hybrid to New Hartford NY

The Company

At Utica National Insurance Group 1400 employees countrywide take our corporate promise to heart every day: To make people feel secure appreciated and respected. Utica National Insurance Group is an AM Best A rated $1.6B awardwinning nationally recognized property & casualty insurance carrier. Operating along the Eastern half of the United States based in our Home Office in Central New York with Regional Office locations including Boston NYC Chicago Atlanta and Dallas.

What Will You Do

We are seeking a dynamic Systems Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in implementing and maintaining our systems software and infrastructure ensuring the highest levels of availability and performance. As a Systems Engineer you will collaborate closely with developers IT personnel and vendors to optimize our systems and provide toptier support. If you are passionate about IT infrastructure system administration and thrive in a fastpaced environment this is the perfect opportunity for you.

• System Implementation: Implement new systems software and modifications without adverse effects on current production or testing.
• Monitoring & Management: Assist with management and monitoring of installed systems and infrastructure.
• System Availability: Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks identify possible solutions and work with developers to implement fixes.
• Security & Redundancy: Maintain security backup and redundancy strategies.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare materials for Systems Analysts Programmers and Operations personnel that describe effects and new requirements resulting from changes to system software.
• Technical Support: Provide 2nd and 3rd level support.
• Vendor & IT Collaboration: Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Development Support: Provide technical guidance and support to application development staff.
• Compliance & Standards: Define and enforce appropriate technical standards and procedures.
• Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will You Need

• Experience: At least 4 years of relevant experience in system administration or system engineering.
• Language Proficiency: English proficiency in both written and verbal communication.

Preferred Skills & Attributes

• Education: Masters degree in a related field.
• Experience: 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Infrastructure & System Administration: Strong understanding of IT infrastructure and system administration.
• Virtual Environments: Proficiency in virtual environments (VMware HyperV) and containerization (Docker Kubernetes).
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS Azure GCP.
• Configuration Management & CI/CD: Experience with Ansible Puppet Chef and CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitLab CI).
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in Python Bash PowerShell.
• Database & Networking: Comprehensive knowledge of network protocols database management (SQL NoSQL) and ITIL best practices.

Salary Range: $85300$127900

The final salary to be paid and position within the internal salary range is reflective of the employees work experience their geographic location education certification(s) scope and responsibilities in the role and additional qualifications.

Benefits:

We believe strongly that talented people are core to our success and are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay comprehensive benefits packages career advancement and challenging work opportunities. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan for full time employees that include the following:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit
• Dental Benefit
• Vision Benefit
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan(Includes annual Company financial contribution and discretionary Profit Sharing contribution based upon annual company financial results)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance Training and Professional Designations
• CompanyPaid Family Leave
• Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit
• Voluntary Benefits Group Accident Insurance Hospital Indemnity Critical Illness Legal ID Theft Protection Pet Insurance
• Student Loan Refinancing Services
• Care Membership with Backup Care Senior Solutions
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Matching Gifts program
• PaidVolunteer Day
• Employee Referral Award Program
• Wellness programs

Additional Information:

This position is a full time salaried exempt (non overtime eligible) position.

Utica National is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Apply now and find out what its like to be a part of an amazing team thrive in an exciting environment and work for a company you can be proud of. Once you complete your application you can monitor your status in the hiring process by logging into your profile. A representative from our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch regarding any change in your candidacy.

Required Experience:

Senior IC