JOB REQUIREMENTS: At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference. We are seeking a Lead Systems Software Engineer to join our team and take on a pivotal role in our API Management journey. This is a highly rewarding opportunity for someone looking to further develop their technical expertise within an ever-changing and dynamic environment. As the Lead Engineer on the team, you will be exposed to a diverse range of tools and technologies, shaping the course of our modernization efforts. Primary Duties & Responsibilities Responsible for ensuring engineering best practices to include analyzing, designing, developing, and deploying and supporting software solutions and/or infrastructure implementations/upgrades. Responsible for ensuring production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis of our platform Establish, aggregate, and share enterprise standards and best practices Lead the identification of technical problems and develop software solutions and automation capabilities to ensure the resiliency of our platforms Provide technical leadership by leading design and code review, mentoring junior engineers, and exploration of new capabilities to improve our developer experience Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration and continuous development pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline) Qualifications Bachelor\'s Degree or equivalent experience AWS or Docker or Kubernetes Certification Preferred 6+ years of working experience with hands on development using modern programming and scripting languages (Python, Go, JavaScript) 3+ years\' experience with AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred) and containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes - CKA Preferred) 3+ years\' experience in DevOps or SRE roles Strong experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems Shown experience with integration of n-tier applications (i.e. REST, DNS, HTTP, SSL, Encryption, Authentication, Load Balancing) Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation) Experience working with DevOps, CICD, GitOps, Agile methodologies. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation and how to apply it with services such as Gitlab CI, Jenkins, Code Pipeline, or Circle CI Experience with Unit Testing Experience leading engineering efforts by creating and leading multi-month roadmaps Experience translating technical requirements into business requirements to help connect it back to the overall NM Strategy Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers Experience dealing with ambiguity and conflicting priorities Job Expectations: Ability to work onsite(Milwaukee or Franklin) in the office at least 3 days per week. #LI-Hybrid Compensation Range: Pay Range... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/ABB2FA992BC84B23 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.