Northwestern University · 2 days ago
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Responsibilities
Participates in the development of new goals and strategies based on interactions with primary users.
Develops plans for software deployment on heterogeneous systems.
Collaborates with users to develop workflows and best practices.
Designs features for technology in partnership with users.
Responds to customer inquiries via various channels.
Creates and maintains code documentation.
Grants system access to new users.
Evaluates feature/upgrade/change requests and recommends action.
Participates in the interview process for new hires.
Identifies database and software performance issues and makes adjustments.
Researches and develops new algorithms and statistical techniques for data analysis.
Develops and maintains software infrastructure.
Codes software applications supporting business requirements.
Completes tier 3 troubleshooting.
Designs databases and data structures.
Prioritizes tasks within projects.
Meets with business analysts/stakeholders to determine requirements.
Opens tickets with vendors.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualification
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Required
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as computer science, information technology, or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
2 years relevant experience required.
Infrastructure (extends across applications) Linux Operating System
Puppet/Chef/Ansible
SQL/MySQL/Postgres
Programming Languages and Frameworks Python
Shell Scripting
Analytical critical thinking
database design/ data structure
Debugging
problem solving
Fluent in a programming language such as Python or Go.
Fluent with general developer tooling such as git and Docker.
Fluent in Linux.
Familiar with Kubernetes.
2-3 years of experience supporting code, services and deployments in production.
Direct experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentbit or Loki.
Preferred
3+ years of experience supporting code, services and deployments in production.
Willingness to fill in tooling gaps when off the shelf monitoring tools do not suffice.
Familiar with CI/CD tooling such as Github Actions.
Familiar with messaging infrastructure such as RabbitMQ.
Familiar with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible.
Familiar with basic data munging, analysis and visualization in Python.
Benefits
Health care plans
Retirement benefits
Tuition discounts
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Company
Northwestern University
Northwestern is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL.
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (204)
2022 (290)
2021 (210)
2020 (202)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$64.02MKey Investors
GRAMMY MuseumNational Science FoundationNational Cancer Institute
2023-11-28Grant· $0.02M
2023-06-26Grant· $18M
2022-08-18Grant· $5.5M
Leadership Team
Recent News
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