Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer NBS

Nelnet Business Services (NBS) a division of Nelnet Inc. provides payment technology and education services to more than 1200 higher education institutions nearly 12000 K-12 schools and millions of individual students families and supporters across the globe. Our culture of service enables us to form long-lasting and trusted partnerships while our focus on creativity and innovative solutions empowers our customer communities to thrive.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Develops modifies and maintains IT cloud infrastructure to meet business objectives
2. Implements and provides oversight on technical solutions for various sized projects or daily support initiatives
3. Creates and maintains technical documentation for IT systems and solutions
4. Works with multiple customers stakeholders and system owners to produce requirements determine feasibility analyze cost/benefits requirements and recommend design solution options
5. Provides training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge
6. Completes and evaluates enhancements to routine preventative measures
7. Ensures logging occurs and participates in log analysis for vulnerability reviews penetration assessments and network monitoring.
8. Assists in regulatory body attestations to maintain system and network compliance

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. To be considered candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

EDUCATION:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field (equivalent experience may be substituted).

EXPERIENCE:
8 years of experience in the related competency fields listed below.

COMPETENCIES SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:
1. Expert/in-depth experience or knowledge in the following areas:
a. Certification in Amazon or Azure as Cloud Architect DevOps Architect or similar
b. AWS or Azure services: cloud concepts and many cloud services
c. Virtualization technologies: VMware Hyper-V cloud-based host virtualization containerization (Docker Kubernetes)
d. Windows Technologies: PowerShell scripting server setup troubleshooting maintenance
e. Linux Technologies: Bash scripting SELinux server setup troubleshooting maintenance
f. Networking: subnetting routing firewalls advanced DNS management load balancers IDS/IPS VPN
g. Security: security protocols security best practices and vulnerability remediation
h. DevOps: CI/CD design setup maintenance and troubleshooting

2. Abilities in the following areas:
a. Strong analytical judgement and problem-solving skills.
b. Strong oral and written communication skills.
c. Strong interpersonal skills interact with technical and non-technical clients.
d. Strong documentation and time management skills.

3. Self-motivated.
4. Comfortable working collaboratively as part of a team.
5. Strong bias toward action delivery and implementation.
6. Ability to work through complex challenges without guidance.

Compensation range for this role is $120000-$130000 annually depending on experience.

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: Benefits & Perks - Nelnet Inc

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.

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Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.

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