Job Location: Minneapolis, MN
Summary
At Thrivent, we are focused on digital transformation and strive to provide a modern digital experience for our clients and employees. As we invest more in data and technology, we have a need to expand our engineering culture to support this goal. As a systems engineer, you will be required to work in a fast-paced team of engineers to build, maintain, and automate Thrivent’s data platforms. A willingness to learn new technology and automate manual processes is necessary to excel in this position. You will also interact and engage with several different teams within Thrivent as well as several vendors to ensure the platforms we support are stable and optimized. As a part of the Data Office, you will play a key role in pushing Thrivent’s strategies forward.
Job Description
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with operations, development, and business teams to identify cloud solutions.
- Provide support for data platform related issues.
- Coach and mentor teams on data platform and cloud technologies and methodologies
- Lead the design of critical path/technology initiatives and provide thought leadership.
- Develop enterprise-wide integrated solutions based on business requirements. Contribute to innovative solutions that align to strategic objectives for the customer
- Solve complex, enterprise level problems and issues
- Review code Pull Requests and provide meaningful feedback
- Assist Architecture team with designing, developing, documenting, and analyzing overall architecture of systems, including hardware and software. Work in collaboration with Architecture team to provide technical expertise to peers across the company.
- Research and recommend technology to improve the current systems, including meeting with outside vendors to learn about industry trends.
- Very high competency in security principles
- Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable. Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
- Familiar with the Databricks/Snowflake platforms
- Knowledge of support of Airflow
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science
- 5+ years of experience in Technology related field including prior lead experience
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Strong analytical skills, problem solving and ability to build consensus across teams
- Experience working in an agile environment to establish strong technical standards, practices and frameworks
- Able to succeed within an open, collaborative and flexible environment.
- Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and analytical skills
- Ability to give and receive constructive criticism.
- Comfortable with one or more scripting languages (bash/powershell/python/etc)
- A passion for technology, learning, and finding the best solution.
- Very strong communication skills, adaptable to technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred: (Nice to have)
- Advanced degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or related field
- Advanced certifications in supported solutions e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, AWS
- An understanding of how AWS IAM security works via instance profiles and policies is greatly preferred
- Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Bamboo
- Understanding of the AWS cloud platform
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Hashicorp Terraform
- Experience supporting high traffic applications, and services that span multiple datacenters and cloud environments
Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.
Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to
human.resources@thrivent.com
or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.
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