Nelnet-posted 3 months ago
$110,000 - $150,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Lincoln, NE

Nelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service as a student loan servicer, professional services company, consumer loan originator and servicer, payments processor, renewable energy solutions, and K-12 and higher education expert. For over 40 years, Nelnet has been serving its customers, associates, and communities. The perks of working at Nelnet go beyond our benefits package. When you join the Nelnet team, you're part of a community invested in the success of each individual. That support comes through in our work, as we are united by our mission of creating opportunities for people where they live, learn, and work. We are looking for IT Software Architects who can work collaboratively within IT Delivery and across Business Operational areas to help design and deliver pragmatic solutions based on business value and NDS IT technology direction. This role provides technical leadership to agile teams and is also expected to pull work from the product backlog periodically. Nelnet believes in a hybrid work environment that accommodates both in-office and remote work. This model promotes a positive work-life balance and culture, enabling in-person collaboration when possible while also providing benefits associated with remote work. The standard hybrid work schedule includes 24 hours of in-office work each week, for associates that reside within 30 miles of an office. This is subject to change, based on manager discretion.

  • Understands and demonstrates current job family technical skill expectations.
  • Engages with Agile teams to deliver high quality, working software solutions in alignment with team commitments.
  • Leads and facilitates application design, implementation of architectural patterns, and consistent development practices on projects and within product teams.
  • Understands the business domain of products supported.
  • Ensures technology solution architecture and design principles are aligned with NDS IT Delivery technology direction.
  • Knowledgeable of all existing services, components and technologies to ensure maximum technology reuse.
  • Independently identifies and pursues opportunities to improve solution architecture across the enterprise.
  • Explores and pursues technical skills outside of current job family.
  • Actively seeks to remain technically current and increase expertise and abilities.
  • Understands and exhibits skills to protect data, systems and networks and maintains secure, reliable, redundant, and accessible systems.
  • Strives to align personal passion and career desires with opportunities and company needs.
  • Works in concert with Solution Architects to drive Nelnet technology solution architecture.
  • BS / MS in Computer Science, Engineering, related discipline or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in software development with a strong expertise in at least one key competency.
  • 2 to 3 years of experience as a technical or development leader with a demonstrated ability to deliver medium to large scale technology solutions.
  • Strong technical competency in Microsoft .NET framework and .NET Core, C# and ASP.NET.
  • Experience with Microsoft IIS.
  • Knowledge of Restful Web Services and Service Based Architecture.
  • Experience with Message Based Processing.
  • Familiarity with SQL Server and/or other relational databases.
  • Experience with Gitlab.
  • Full Stack Development Experience.
  • Knowledge of Secure Development Practices.
  • Experience with collaboration tools including JIRA, Confluence and/or Microsoft Teams.
  • Understanding of best practices, standards and methods to integrate applications within the organization and with external partners.
  • In-depth knowledge of the full software development lifecycle; with exposure to agile or iterative approaches to delivery preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills; with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and business functions.
  • Strong analytical skills to determine effective approaches to business solutions.
  • Self-directed with the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead team members on an application solution.
  • Knowledge in the area of NIST compliance, ISSO2 strongly desired.
  • Demonstrated effective performance in a team-oriented environment.
  • Medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA.
  • Generous earned time off.
  • 401K/student loan repayment.
  • Life insurance & AD&D insurance.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Employee stock purchase program.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Performance-based incentive pay.
  • Short- and long-term disability.
  • Robust wellness program.
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