Platform/Cloud Engineering Manager

Company:

NICO National Indemnity Company

Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers “large company” benefits with an exciting, friendly, and “small company” atmosphere?  Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that. 

The Infrastructure Manager is responsible for overseeing the design and development of the company's products, projects, standards, policies and procedures for its Platform and Cloud Engineering functions, including server / operating system platforms, enterprise application platforms, storage and backup platforms, and database platforms in on-prem and cloud environments.

This position will be with National Indemnity Company in Omaha, NE with a hybrid 50% in the office work environment.  This position is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship. #LI-Hybrid / #LI-Onsite

What will you do?

• Monitor the effectiveness of the various server platform mechanisms, protocols, software, and other related products in the Company's technology areas in order to optimize the Company's server platform costs and performance
• Oversee the team responsible for design and development of the company's enterprise packaged application platforms; and the policies, procedures, and general technology controls that are required to use them
• Oversee the development of new platform policies based on a current understanding of technologies available
• Generate ideas and participate in the research and evaluation process required to identify where new technologies would provide better information and/or make workflow easier and more efficient
• Work with IT development teams to ensure proper integration of the infrastructure segments of the technology stack with the application segments of the technology stack

 

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences or related field
• Minimum 5-7 years of management experience

• Experience with enterprise software installation and administration
• Experience with Azure, M365
• Microsoft Certification, Citrix, VMWare, MS Exchange, SQL Server Administration

 

Who would excel in this role?

• Someone with strong forensic, troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills to work through issues with various teams
• Someone who can organize time and resources and handle multiple high priorities
• Someone who can identify problems, research and evaluate alternatives, make recommendations, make decisions, train personnel, and organize workflow
• Someone with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Someone with excellent oral and written communication with all levels of the organization

We want you to be involved! We offer Employee Resource Groups for volunteering, connecting with others, social gatherings, and professional development. We also regularly seek employees input through companywide surveys.

We care about your health and wellbeing! Our Wellness program is integrated into the Company culture with an online wellness portal that offers a year-round, one-stop-shop to manage and track all areas of health, our Omaha office boasts a complimentary state-of-the-art onsite fitness center, and a robust wellness program.

Benefits, Perks and more! We offer retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment with 100% employer match up to 5%, Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents, a dedicated Learning & Development program for employees to grow personally and professionally, 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program, subsidized downtown parking, competitive time off policies including parental leave, an Employee Assistance program and much more!