Programmer Analyst - Cedar Rapids, United States - Aegon

Description

Job Description Summary

Company Overview:

Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) is a leading global investor. Our 375 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US $306 billion for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.

We organize our firm around four investment platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities and multi-asset & solutions, which includes a fiduciary and multi-manager business. Each investment platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas.

We are an international business: Our 1,200 employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

Position Overview:

As a Programmer / Analyst you will work on an agile team committed to providing reliable, responsive, secure, and cost-effective tools and infrastructure for the collective success of the business. You will help optimize, document and support IT Tooling and infrastructure components hosted in our on-premises data centers and cloud provided environments. The successful candidate will accomplish this by leveraging their problem solving, technical and communication skills.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Install, setup, configure and maintain various on-premises 3rd party applications; windows or linux based
• Onboard, configure and support various SaaS applications
• Install, configure and support various windows services, web services, IIS based web application, and IIS configurations
• Identify manual processes and procedures and design and implement automation solutions
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including knowledge base articles and best practices
• Provide third-tier support to the operations and support teams; troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud or on-premises infrastructure and deployments
• Ensure systems and software are kept up to date with security patches and updates.
• Ensure adherence to change control processes.
• Support the team and business customers with day-to-day requests, change and incident tickets.
• Coordinates with co-workers, clients, operations, technical support, and vendors

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or technically related field, or equivalent education/experience
• Minimum of 2 years work experience
• Masters degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related technical field is acceptable in lieu of work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Direct experience with installation and maintaining various types of third party applications
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and products. such as AWS, EC2, RDS, Load Balancer, Route53, IAM Roles, Terraform
• Knowledge of various CICD tools such as GitHub, CloudBees, Jenkins, Nexus Repository, UrbanCode Deploy, SonarQube
• Understanding of networking concepts, firewall rules, certificates, SSO, active directory/LDAP, SAML
• Scripting skills using various technologies such as PowerShell, Python, SQL DML
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience working on agile teams
• Demonstrate the key critical behaviors of commitment to task, communication, customer focus, decision making/problem solving, tolerance of ambiguity, planning, prioritizing, and goal setting
• Experience working in multiple OS (Windows, Linux)
• Experience working in various tools (Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365)
• Ability to identify and resolve complex technical issues
• Knowledge of relational databases and concepts
• Understanding of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles
• Asset Management services or related industry knowledge

Job and compensation levels depend upon an applicant's qualifications including the extent of candidate's relevant experience and other job-related factors and will be determined by hiring supervisors/managers and HR.

At Aegon Asset Management, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a global Asset Management firm - we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from embracing diverse perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives and experiences.

We are open to considering flexible working practices. Please talk to us about what this means for you.

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Why Work for Us

At Aegon Asset Management, we invest in You.

Our people are our greatest asset; with a competitive rewards program including incentive compensation, health and wellness benefits, retirement programs, and learning and development opportunities, our employees are engaged and empowered. Come be a part of driving our success

Equal Opportunity Employer:

AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of age, religion, sex, gender identity, genetic information, race, color, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, participation in the uniformed services (e.g. U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard), physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local equal employment opportunities laws.

Applicants with physical or mental disabilities may be entitled to a form of reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will insure equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Aegon Companies. Please contact: if you are a job seeker with a disability, or are assisting someone with a disability, and require assistance to apply for one of our jobs.

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