If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Join Our Team as a Technology Engineer!

Are you passionate about technology and eager to launch your career in a dynamic and supportive environment? We're looking for a motivated individual to join our team as a Technology Engineer specializing in Mainframe technologies. If you have a general knowledge of mainframes and a desire to learn and grow, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Provide production support which includes working off-hours for on-call support.

• Apply your analytical skills to diagnose and resolve complex issues.

• Support the lifecycle management of mainframe software.

• Contribute to efforts that safeguard our systems and ensure their reliability.

What We're Looking For:

• General knowledge of mainframe systems.

• A willingness to learn and be trained into a high-performing Technology Engineer.

• Mainframe programming experience (COBOL, Assembler) is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• A proactive and collaborative mindset.

Compensation grade D5

Job Description Summary

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Technology Engineer, you deliver standard and custom supportable technology products. The solutions you build are based on Nationwide’s architectural standards, technology roadmaps, industry trends and business requirements. The expertise you provide will focus on collaboration, data, systems, storage, middleware, network, security and contact center technology products. You’ll also be accountable for the operational aspects and management for the above products according to the business requirements and defined service level agreements (SLAs).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in crafting and implementing standard builds/templates for all technology platforms.

• Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

• Continuously improves and enhances existing environments.

• Executes on production engineering processes, incident management, root cause analysis, problem management, change management, release management and knowledge management.

• Maintains proper hardware and software currency levels by working on recommended upgrades.

• Supports operational efforts to maintain environments.

• Provides basic to moderate production support for all technology platforms.

• Assists in overseeing technical labs and development environments.

• Provides proper documentation and training as needed.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager Technology Engineering Manager/Technology Product Manager.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems or a related field is preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e., AWS, Azure, scripting and development languages, delivery methods, security).

Experience: One or more years of experience designing and implementing routine solutions. Experience using basic levels of troubleshooting to fix a problem.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Strong communication skills, knowledge of planning, management and execution of Accelerated Solutions Delivery framework, information security acumen, influencing, negotiation and priority setting needed. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the Vice President and Human Resources.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Some travel maybe required. Overtime as required.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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