Great-West is currently hiring a Senior Application Support Specialist to join our Financial Services team of technical professionals. This person's responsibilities will include:
Ensure applications run on infrastructure that is scalable, reliable, available, and manageable
Application infrastructure performance tuning
Support automated build, configuration, and deployment processes
Provide expert debugging and troubleshooting assistance to application development teams
Research and advocate new technologies
The ideal candidate will have experience with multiple technologies and have a background in J2EE application containers. The candidate should be comfortable taking on a variety of tasks, such as: architecture, application development, technical troubleshooting, and writing scripts.
Requirements:
5-7 years of previous related programming experience or a combination of equivalent education and experience
Strong troubleshooting skills; particularly around performance and capacity
Demonstrable interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
Perl, Java/J2EE, Unix (Solaris/Linux) Shell Scripting in C (csh), Korn (ksh), and/or Bourne shells (sh)
Experience with different web container/application servers (one or more of the following: Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, and WebLogic)
Experience configuring and optimizing a J2EE application server (preferably WebLogic and JBoss)
Familiarity with Unix (Solaris/Linux) operating systems, tools, and utilities
Ability to create and work with ANT and Maven build scripts
The following skills are preferred:
Combinations of the following programming languages and technologies:
C/C++, PL/SQL, Groovy/Grails, Oracle Pro*C/Forms
CVS, ANT, FTP, SSH, SSL, PGP
With more than a century of experience in providing financial security for Americans, Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company serves millions of customers through a range of retirement savings products and services, life insurance, and annuities. Headquartered in metro Denver with offices around the country, Great-West is a leading provider of employer-sponsored retirement savings plans. It also provides annuity and life insurance products for individuals, families and corporate executives. Our corporate departments - including Corporate Administration, Financial Reporting, Human Resources, Investment Management, and Legal - support our business segments. Great-West has consistently received high industry ratings for financial strength.
For more information, please visit Great-West Life & Annuity at www.greatwest.com . We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. We are committed to providing a drug-free workplace.
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