Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Howden Group; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 90.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working

Reasonable accommodations

Zusammenfassung

Howden Group is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to bolster infrastructure support for the US region, including on-prem and cloud services. The role operates within a distributed, global IT team ensuring availability of cloud, data center and network infrastructure for the Minneapolis area.

You will work hands-on in a fast-paced environment, coordinating with local and global teams, applying best practices in security, patching, AD/ DNS management, and network operations.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience as cloud/infrastructure engineer or similar IT role.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Azure and M365.
• Experience with multi-site Active Directory environments, group policy and DNS.
• Solid knowledge of patch management, MDM, monitoring systems.
• Experience with Windows desktop troubleshooting and IT security practices.

Aufgaben

• Deliver high-quality IT services with integrity and professionalism.
• Provide incident, change, and problem management support.
• Produce and maintain documentation and runbooks for IT systems.
• Collaborate with global IT teams and support US region infrastructure.

Jobbeschreibung

Who are we?

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24000 employees spanning over 56 countries. People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

Job Description – Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Minneapolis

Role Summary US Regional role in an ever-growing region for Howden covering Infrastructure Support This key role forms part of a distributed, global infrastructure operations team that is responsible for the continued availability and support of a hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Specifically, working within a global IT infrastructure team, providing support for local Cloud, Data Centre, and network infrastructure by drawing upon their wealth of practical and technical experience support within the US. This is a hands-on role and will work within a fast-paced environment supporting the US region.

Job Specific Skills Profile

Technical skills required for the role:

• Demonstrate extensive experience working as a cloud/infrastructure engineer or in similar IT roles.
• Extensive experience working with cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure and M365.
• Extensive experience working with multi-site and multi forest Active Directory environments, group policy and DNS.
• Extensive experience working with common Microsoft technologies such as patch management, mobile device management and monitoring systems.
• Extensive experience working with Windows desktop, including all levels of troubleshooting.
• Extensive experience working with cloud, server, desktop, network and telephony providers.
• Extensive experience working with datacenters.
• Good knowledge of networking - Layer2/3, dynamic routing, MPLS and firewall management. Cisco, Palo Alto firewalls, CATO SD-WAN experience preferred.
• Good knowledge of IT security practices and the implementation of tools that provide event logging and alerting.

Desirable Experience

• Good knowledge of Microsoft server technologies (Windows 2022, 2019, 2016, and 2012).
• Good knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS & Group Policy.
• Good knowledge of SCCM and patching.
• Good knowledge of Nutanix/VMware/HyperV.
• Good knowledge of Azure Experience with Office 365/CoreView Experience scripting for example PowerShell Experience with Anti-Virus technologies such as Tanium/CrowdStrike Knowledge of identity management solutions such as EntraID Knowledge of proxy services such as Netskope Keyfactor PKI and certificate lifecycle management solutions, including certificate issuance, renewal, revocation, monitoring, and automation.
• Administered and supported Imperva security solutions, including Web Application Firewall (WAF).

The role requires:

• Demonstrate examples of similar successful positions in the past.
• Be highly collaborative with the current team, management structure and business leaders.
• Demonstrate a very high level of customer service and empathy to the customer issues.
• Worked in the insurance or financial services sector previously.
• Demonstrate a 'Can-Do' attitude.
• Be an excellent all-round communicator through verbal and written communication, possibly multi-lingual with Spanish being highly desirable.

Core Responsibilities for all Staff

Achieve Results through Relationships with All Parties Deliver a personal performance that contributes towards Group and or Company achieving their objectives. Achieve lasting relationships with all parties (internal clients, suppliers, third parties and other staff) Delivery of Service Consistently deliver an excellent and comprehensive service Conduct and Integrity Ensure all dealings are carried out with integrity and professionalism. Act in utmost good faith, in accordance with Group and or Company policies and never risk the Company’s or the Group’s reputation. Development and Professionalism Continuously develop skills and knowledge Develop others where you are responsible for their performance. Must possess a passion for quality and continuous improvement. Able to multi-task and prioritise appropriately. General Responsibilities Clients Develop strong relationships with the Business Units Respond to the Business Units’ requirements as appropriate. Support the business units with their use of the IT systems. Behave with all clients (both internal and external) fairly and ethically with excellent customer service. Take ownership of issues and provide updates to users on outstanding issues. Administration Ensure up to date records are always maintained on the Group and Company systems. Interpret instructions and issues arising, and then implement actions according to policies and procedures. Support Providing escalation support to the Group IT Service Desk Ensuring all changes to production services are subject to change control. Producing and update documentation to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of systems. Conducting root cause analysis following unplanned disruptions to improve system availability. Conduct Problem Management of repeat incidents affecting business services. Experience with incident management systems, identify incident trends and gather relevant information systematically to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills. Compliance Ensure compliance with all applicable Group and or Company policies and procedures. Ensure correct authorisation is obtained and processes followed when required by the Group and or Company policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Ensure that own performance, HR, and T&C records are up to date and meet the Group’s requirements. Maintain accurate records and deal with correspondence appropriately. Ensure compliance with Anti Bribery and Corruption policy and procedures.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we re looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond Reasonable adjustments We re committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working.

Permanent

Permanent Howden began in 1994, as just three people and a dog. Now there are 23000 of us, and we re a leading global insurance group, managing $37bn of premiums for our clients. Our largest shareholder group is us – the people who work in the business – supported by three long-term, minority growth-equity partners who share our vision to build a business to last, one that will never be sold. The owner s mindset is something that s embedded in our culture; our people readily take ownership of their decisions, their actions, and their outputs. They re invested in every sense. And we all know that by working together to drive the business forward, everyone will benefit from the extraordinary results we can achieve.