New

Sr. DevOps Engineer (Actuary)

Northwestern Mutual
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
720 E Wisconsin Ave (Show on map)
Sep 04, 2025
What's the role? We are looking for a hard-working Senior DevOps Engineer who will focus on building a strong partnership between the engineering and risk management teams. In this role on the Actuarial Software Engineering team, you will primarily be responsible for moving applications through risk assessments, partnering with applications teams to gather evidence of controls and applying established control patterns. To excel in the role, you will combine knowledge of devops patterns across application and data platforms (Mainframe, Windows, Linux, Docker, AWS) with risk engineering practices (access management, data controls, secure deploys, logging and monitoring) to ensure the teams have effectively identified, mitigated, and documented risks in their software solutions. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Own and drive risk assessments for applications moving through the SDLC Work with app teams to gather control evidence and apply risk/control patterns Assist development teams to apply build, quality scan, test and deploy automation patterns in Gitlab CI pipelines. Design and build patterns of automation for CI/CD, infrastructure deployment, maintenance, monitoring, security and compliance aligned to enterprise standards. Solve complex technical issues and enable/teach peers to be self sufficient Provide thought leadership throughout the local work division Partner with other enterprise teams on emerging best practices, patterns and technology. Proactively learn emerging patterns, cloud services and related technology Bring your best! What this role needs: Proven Experience in Risk Assessments and applying security control patterns within Business environments (Preferred) Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience 4-5 years 4 years of professional IT experience * 4 years experience with at least one OS/hosting platform (i.e. Linux, Windows, AWS, Kube) 2 year's experience with integration of n-tier applications (i.e. DNS, HTTP, SSL, Encryption, Authentication) 2 years experience with CI/CD concepts and tools (GitLab CI, secure service automation, secret management, testing concepts, blue/green) 2 years experience with infrastructure automation tools or coding/scripting (Terraform, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell) Creative problem-solving skills to adapt standard CI/CD patterns and security practices for transitioning legacy applications. Strong communication skills #LI-Hybrid Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start: $92,750.00 Pay Range - End: $172,250.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: 205 - Structure 110: 102,060.00 USD - 189,540.00 USD 205 - Structure 115: 106,680.00 USD - 198,120.00 USD We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more. Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives. FIND YOUR FUTURE We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging. Flexible work schedules Concierge service Comprehensive benefits Employee resource groups