Sr. ALIP Platform Engineer

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.Purpose & Impact:We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.Key Deliverables:Review development activities and execute unit/system testing; creation of deployment and development unit/system test plans; solid understanding of QA testing plans.Resolve complex software issues across multiple software applications and platforms.Provide technical consulting in implementing Accenture Life Insurance Platform (ALIP) within the company’s infrastructure.Assist integration teams with Annuity Admin System data mapping ensuring they are reading data from the correct locations. Provide technical advice to senior IT management or project managers regarding ALIP application, assisting them with high level planning.Define technical needs for large project efforts, ensuring ALIP application knowledge is available for all teams across organization.Assist in the development of internal policies and procedures (standards, controls and metrics).What You Need to Bring:Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.5 years of related experience in the annuity and retirement insurance industry;5 years of experience with: ALIP Product Configuration; ALIP Business Configuration; ALIP Configuration Tools and designs; ALIP Data model; ALIP Integration Workbench; ALIP APIs; Java, JSON, XSLT, XSD, and XML; PostgreSQL; Active MQ; Agile/Scrum; Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, or TortoiseGit; REST Services; Postman tools for API testing; Control-M; Prometheus or Grafana; Jenkins, Elastic, or ELK; analyzing or gathering business requirements and translating requirements into technical specifications and/or analyzing system feasibility and providing business solutions. Experience to include at least 2 years with: designing ALIP Flows; Python; Prod and Non-prod regions deployment.Experience to include at least 1 year with: AWS configuration, including client server and secret configuration; and data mapping between ALIP and downstream systems including EDM and Conforming Mart.Drive. Discipline. Confidence. Focus. Commitment. Learn more about working at Athene.Athene is a Military Friendly Employer! Learn more about how we support our Veterans.Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.SummaryLocation: West Des Moines, IowaType: Full time