System Administrator

WHO WE ARE:

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying selling and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold team up deliver value and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration serves 100 carrier clients 2500 distributors and partners and over 2 million policyholders.

WHO YOU ARE:

Play a key role in the design development/configuration unit testing installation and ongoing maintenance of Zinnia software platforms. Solution Engineers work with stakeholders to develop solutions and/or products that fulfil the needs of internal stakeholders and clients. Those solutions and/or products help Zinnia and our clients to be more efficient and provide better service to end customers. Solution Engineers interact directly with project leaders business stakeholders and may periodically interact directly with clients. Solution Engineers will facilitate lead and enable more junior team members by acting as a mentor for soft skills and/or technical subject matter expert. Solution Engineers will frequently work across multiple platforms to drive define and facilitate platform architecture and standards. Solution Engineers stay abreast of industry trends and advocate educate and drive the organization to new technologies.

WHAT YOULL DO:

Work as part of a global cross-functional team to design and administer Linux / Windows based Middle Tier (Tomcat Apache WildFly etc) solutions for Zinnia stakeholders.
Contribute to projects by creating well-designed customized testable efficient solutions for Zinnia platforms.
Assist in providing ongoing support troubleshooting improvements or custom enhancements to the existing Zinnia platforms.
Participate in on-call rotations and/or provide after-hours (Odd and Night Shift) support.
Collaborate with our global teams internal stakeholders and customers.
Provide guidance and escalated support to the Zinnia offshore team
Conduct root-cause analysis as needed to the platforms and create improved standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guidance
Provide support on multiple Cloud Hosted environments using Cloud Technology.

WHAT YOULL NEED:

1 to 3 years of experience in Managing middle-tier applications on hosted servers.
Familiar on Middleware application performance monitoring using SNMP JMX and any other monitoring tool (IPM Nagios).
Familiar on Middleware technologies Any of Wildfly/JBOSS Tomcat and Apache Web Server.
Strong troubleshooting capabilities in Linux/Windows servers.
Basic knowledge in AWS / Azure.
Basic knowledge in DevOps Tools like Jenkins Artifactory (JFrog) etc.
Basic knowledge in Bash or Perl or Python script writing.
Basic knowledge of SSL Certificate Management.
Basic knowledge of Java Key Store Management.

BONUS POINTS:
Good to have working experience on enterprise-level applications/products.
Experience working in the insurance industry is advantageous.
Any certification (RHCSA RHCE AWS Azure) would be advantage

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

At Zinnia you collaborate with smart creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies deeper data insights and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability.