Application Administrator (Open to Montana & South Dakota major office locations)

Northwestern Energy

About The Position

The Application Administrator operates within a dynamic, fast‑paced team, delivering high‑quality administration and support for Northwestern Energy's mission‑critical technology systems. This role requires innovative thinking, strong analytical skills, and solid business insight. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative environment while designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining complex application ecosystems. The work performed in this role is highly rewarding and plays a vital part in supporting the success of the Northwestern Energy enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four-year accredited college with some related experience preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
Understanding of concepts and techniques related to application administration, application support, automation and integration.
Understanding of network, security architecture and virtual architecture, including virtual delivery of applications
Must be able to work in a team environment and adapt to changing responsibilities and priorities
Experience with:
Application implementations and upgrades
Application administration and automation
PowerShell
SSL/TLS bindings; certificate management
IIS / .NET administration
Windows server administration
Application monitoring and performance
Strong sense of responsibility and ownership; driving a project from inception to completion
Affinity for solving problems and diving deep into the details
Strong written/oral communication and documentation skills
Knowledge of DevOps fundamentals

Nice To Haves

Enterprise Service Bus middleware administration, Linux system administration, PI Data Historian and ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise/ArcGIS Online experience a plus

Responsibilities

Partner with stakeholders to identify problems and develop requirements for solutions
Administer, maintain, and optimize business systems throughout their lifecycle.
Perform application implementations, upgrades, patches, and deployments in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
Troubleshoot and resolve application issues, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum reliability.
Effectively and efficiently organize, plan, execute and coordinate multiple work assignments to meet project milestones or established completion dates
Develop, maintain, and optimize PowerShell scripts to automate application administration, monitoring, and maintenance workflows.
Implement process efficiencies to reduce manual tasks and improve system reliability.
Partner with security teams to ensure compliance with organizational and industry security standards.
Collaborate with development, security, operations technology and infrastructure teams to support ongoing projects and application needs.
Maintain detailed documentation for system configurations, processes, troubleshooting procedures, and architecture.
Some travel (up to 15% of time) and extended hours may be required
All NorthWestern Energy employees are required to adhere to company safety standards and the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
Ensure all actions are consistent with NorthWestern Energy's values, mission, and strategic business objectives.
Demonstrates adherence to company safety and security standards

Benefits

401K with company match up to 4% and non-elective contribution up to 7%
Healthcare and wellbeing programs, including dental and vision for you, your spouse and dependents, Health Savings Account (HSA), healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account (FSA)
Employee Assistance Programs (Offering up to six free counseling sessions, per person, per issue, per year for employees, spouses and dependents to include financial heath)
Life Insurance (Company pays basic employee policy; spouse, dependent insurance also available)
Tuition reimbursement
Competitive pay (Scheduled performance-based wage increases and annual incentive opportunities.)
Paid company endorsed volunteer opportunities
Paid parental leave
Paid bereavement leave
Paid training opportunities
Paid time off starting on your first day, plus 11 paid holidays
Benefits may vary by position or as negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement.