NDS Platform Team WebCM

Nelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service as a student loan servicer professional services company consumer loan originator and servicer payments processor renewable energy solutions and K-12 and higher education expert. For over 40 years Nelnet has been serving its customers associates and communities.

The perks of working at Nelnet go beyond our benefits package. When you join the Nelnet team youre part of a community invested in the success of each individual. That support comes through in our work as we are united by our mission of creating opportunities for people where they live learn and work.

External candidates for this role must reside within a 30mile radius of Lincoln NE Madison WI or Centennial CO

Nelnet believes in a hybrid work environment that accommodates both in-office and remote work. This model promotes a positive work-life balance and culture enabling in-person collaboration when possible while also providing benefits associated with remote work. The standard hybrid work schedule includes 24 hours of in-office work each week for associates that reside within 30 miles of an office. This is subject to change based on manager discretion.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

An ideal team member will be a DevSecOps engineer that has solid experience with many of these technologies however select specialization in just a few will also be considered with great interest.

• Evaluate system performance identify potential bottlenecks develop solutions and implement change via the change management process

• Design implement and monitor enterprise-grade secure fault-tolerant infrastructure

• Define and evolve Build & Release best practice by working within teams and educating the other stakeholder teams. These best practices should support traceability & auditability of change.

• Ensure continuous availability of various DevOps tools supporting SCM & Release Management including Source Control Continuous Integration & Change Management.

• Work with cross-functional teams in design development and implementation of enterprise scalable features related to enabling higher developer productivity environment monitoring and self-healing and facilitate autonomous delivery teams.

• Build infrastructure automation tools and frameworks

• Integrate newly developed and existing applications into cloud environments

• Automate deployment pipelines in a scalable secure and reliable manner

• Leverage application monitoring tools to troubleshoot and diagnose environment issues

• Have a culture of automation where any repetitive work is automated

• Work closely with Cloud Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure organizational best practices policies and procedures are followed

• Analysis and translation of business requirements into technical requirements for development and creation of design documents and technical specifications.

• Provide post implementation support including but not limited to monitoring application performance and debugging against existing codebases.

• Keep abreast of advancements and changes in technology and develop an understanding of how new technologies can be leveraged provide business solutions.

• Automation of security controls

EXPERIENCE:

• 1-3 years of experience with AWS DevOps cloud architecture networking deployment processes and infrastructure as code tools

• 1-3 years of experience in C#REST Web Services Angular / Node JS and PowerShell.

• Experience solving complex problems creating algorithms and working through challenging requirements

• Experience creating software in an agile iterative environment

• Experience with source control (Git branching merging etc.)

COMPETENCIES SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:

• Contributes to a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement

• Educates teams on adoption and support of DevSecOps practices and tooling

• Takes individual initiative to follow industry thought leaders maintain professional qualifications and participate in company as well as global communities of interest

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; with the ability to communicate technical concepts and strategies at all levels of the organization

• Must be detail oriented critical thinker possess excellent problem-solving skills Ability to coach mentor and teach team members

• Ability to handle a dynamic work environment Effective organization and time management skills

• Ability to obtain a security clearance

• Knowledge in the area of Federal Government NIST compliance preferred

This position requires work in support of the Companys contract with the United States Department of Education (ED). As such the United States Government requires that any applicant for this position must complete United States Government security clearance. Effective June 1 2018 ED has informed Nelnet that security clearance applications for foreign nationals are not being accepted or light of this direction from ED Nelnet will be unable to hire applicants without United States citizenship for such positions.

Our benefits package includes medical dental vision HSA and FSA generous earned time off 401K/student loan repayment life insurance & AD&D insurance employee assistance program employee stock purchase program tuition reimbursement performance-based incentive pay short- and long-term disability and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: LINK.

Nelnet is committed to providing a welcoming and respectful workplace where all associates have the opportunity to succeed. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion/creed national origin gender sex marital status age disability use of a guide dog or service animal sexual orientation military/veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law. We value the unique contributions of every team member and believe that a positive work environment benefits everyone.

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Corporate Recruiting at or.

Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.