Sr. IT Systems Engineer
Chicago, IL

Job Description

The Chicago office of Milliman Inc. is looking for bright, enthusiastic and qualified candidates to work in their Financial Risk Management (FRM) practice.

Milliman's rigorous, distinctly innovative approach to risk management is built on a foundation of actuarial expertise and shaped by some of the most advanced thinking in the industry. Whether you're looking to improve capital efficiency, comply with regulatory requirements, or guard against market volatility, Milliman offers a complete range of operational, strategic, and financial risk management solutions and tools.

We have a focused, multi-disciplinary team of actuaries, financial engineers/capital markets professionals and software developers working together to develop risk management solutions for the financial services industry. We currently advise some of the world's largest insurance companies in areas such as hedging strategy and operations, portfolio risk management, and capital requirements.

We hire the best in the business-and then trust them to do their work their way. It's about personal responsibility, creativity, flexibility. We believe great work happens in great work environments.

Our culture is highly collaborative with value placed on high quality work and innovation.

The Department/Team:

The trading technologies department of FRM is responsible for the creation, testing and operations of a global trading platform. This platform trades all asset classes and operates on a 24/5 basis, managing billions of dollars and multiple publicly traded funds.

Our testing group works closely with both developers and the users of the system, mostly traders. Testers are responsible for learning the system and creating creative and thorough test plans and cases to test the system. The group strongly believes in automation but even more strongly in thorough documented testing and test processes.

The trading technologies department utilizes Microsoft technologies largely. Software is in .Net, databases on SQL Server and applications run on Windows Server. In addition to this infrastructure, the development, testing and operations teams use various modern tools and techniques to deliver a reliable trading platform.

Your Role/What You'll Do:

You will:

* Implement and configure high-performance Windows server hardware
* Implement and support cloud-based infrastructure and platform services
* Support a 24/5 trading system
* Write automation to maintain the production and other environments
* Troubleshoot and respond to infrastructure-related issues
* Collaborate and work with other network engineering teams in the company

Your Qualifications:

Required:

* Excellent social and communication skills
* 8+ years of relevant work experience
* Familiarity with high-performance computer hardware
* Expert Windows administration skills
* Strong with networking concepts and routing protocols
* Experience building and supporting a trading environment
* Experience with virtual environments using VMWare ESX
* Ability to work on-call or weekends as necessary

Desired:

* Experience with scripting languages
* Experience maintaining Azure environments

Milliman Benefits:

At Milliman, we focus on creating an environment that recognizes - and meets - the personal and professional needs of the individual. We offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

* Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their families, including eligible domestic partners.
* A 401(k) plan with matching program
* Profit sharing as a discretionary contribution to employees' retirement accounts
* Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing on the first day of work and can be used for any reason.
* Voluntary benefits such as additional life or accidental death and dismemberment coverage for yourself or dependents
* Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation and applicable medical needs