M&A IT Systems Analyst

HUB International • Chicago, IL

1d • $90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

As an M&A IT Systems Analyst, you will be part of a highly acquisitive M&A integration team. You will discover and document existing technology systems across an assigned acquisition portfolio and collaborate with business and technical experts to plan full integration. The role requires broad IT knowledge to assess acquired environments, coordinate remediation to meet organizational standards, and consult with stakeholders to understand current operations, requirements, and future integration plans.

You will serve as the project team's technical subject matter expert for acquisitions, assess and document workstation, server, network, cloud, and telephony environments, and help develop technical integration plans. You will work with acquired-company and third-party IT resources to implement security standards and standard monitoring and management tools. You will also coordinate with internal architecture and engineering teams, identify migration challenges, and ensure discovery findings and proposed solutions are documented and maintained.

The position calls for strong analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, along with the ability to work collaboratively in a deadline-driven, matrixed environment. The expected salary range is $90,000 to $110,000, with compensation affected by skills, experience, working location, and the position's business line, scope, and level.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in technology infrastructure and application administration.
• Solid understanding of common infrastructure technologies.
• Experience designing and delivering solutions for complex people, technology, and process integration programs in a matrixed environment.
• Working knowledge of network and telecom, email and messaging, Windows desktop, VDI, Exchange On-Premises and Microsoft 365, Azure, and AWS.
• Experience with Windows Server operating systems, Active Directory, and standard protocols including DNS, SMTP, NTP, NetBIOS, SMB/CIFS, RPC, HTTP, and SSL.
• Deep scripting experience with PowerShell or Python.
• Administrative knowledge of AWS, Azure, ADFS, and Office 365 technologies.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment.

Nice To Haves

• Linux and associated open-source experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert on the project team assigned to an acquisition.
• Consult, communicate, and collaborate with internal clients and business units to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver business value.
• Assess and document acquired IT environments, including workstation, server, network, cloud, and telephony designs, to support multiple simultaneous integration projects.
• Work with acquired-company and third-party IT resources to implement organizational security standards, including MFA, encryption, and patching, and deploy standard monitoring and management tools.
• Provide general IT and migration expertise to project teams and identify potential migration challenges and pitfalls.
• Analyze source and target IT environments and develop technical plans in accordance with HUB standard practices.
• Engage internal IT architecture and engineering resources to define integration roadmaps and hand off plans for implementation.
• Develop approaches for the unique conditions presented by each acquisition.
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies and common practices.
• Ensure delivery, quality, and continual improvement of the discovery and design process.
• Ensure current-state and proposed future-state solutions are documented and maintained in a content management repository.
• Catalog, classify, and inventory application dependencies using repeatable methodologies.
• Achieve quick and efficient remediation of critical security needs after deal closure and provide clear, comprehensive documentation of acquisition current states and proposed integration plans.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options.
• 401(k) accounts and retirement savings matching.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick, personal, floating holidays, and company holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Wellbeing program.
• Company-paid life and disability plans.
• Structured training, licensing support, and ongoing development opportunities.
• Eligible annual bonuses, equity, or commissions may be available for some positions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed