M&A IT Systems Analyst

Hub International Insurance•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The M&A IT Systems Analyst is part of a highly acquisitive M&A integration team. The role is responsible for discovering and documenting existing technology systems across an assigned acquisition portfolio and collaborating with business and technical experts to plan full integration. The analyst applies broad IT knowledge to assess acquired IT environments, coordinate remediation to organizational standards, and consult with stakeholders to understand current operations, requirements, and future integration plans. The analyst serves as a technical subject matter expert for acquisition projects, assesses and documents workstation, server, network, cloud, and telephony environments, and helps plan multiple simultaneous integrations. The role works with acquired-company and third-party IT resources to implement security standards and monitoring tools, analyzes source and target environments, develops integration plans, and coordinates with internal architecture and engineering teams. It also maintains thorough documentation of current and future states, application dependencies, and integration plans. HUB International describes itself as a global insurance and employee benefits broker with more than $5 billion in revenue, almost 20,000 employees, and 600 offices throughout North America. The expected salary range is $90,000 to $110,000, influenced by factors including skills, experience, work location, business line, scope, and level. Benefits and programs vary by employment status, role, location, and eligibility.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in technology infrastructure and application administration.
Experience designing and delivering solutions for complex people, technology, and process integration programs in a matrixed environment.
Working knowledge of network/telecom, email/messaging, Windows desktop, VDI, Exchange OnPrem/365, Azure, and AWS.
Experience with Windows Server operating systems.
Knowledge of 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.
Broad understanding of common infrastructure technologies.
Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment.
Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to understand business context and clearly explain solution needs in relation to the broader business environment.
Ability to set time-bound objectives, optimize results, and remove barriers in an organized and diligent manner.
Ability to consider different backgrounds and working styles, build trust and meaningful cross-functional relationships, communicate complex ideas, and influence decisions using sound judgment.

Nice To Haves

Linux and associated open-source experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical subject matter expert for 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 support business value through proposed solutions.
Assess and document acquired IT environments, including workstation, server, network, cloud, and telephony design, to support planning for multiple simultaneous integration projects.
Work with acquired-company internal and third-party IT resources to implement organizational security standards, such as 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 consistent with HUB standard practices.
Engage internal IT architecture and engineering resources to define integration roadmaps and hand off plans for implementation.
Develop approaches to unique conditions arising with each acquisition.
Ensure delivery, quality, and continual improvement of discovery and design processes.
Ensure current-state and proposed future-state solutions are properly documented and maintained in a content management repository.
Catalog, classify, and inventory application dependencies using repeatable methodologies.
Stay up to date on emerging technologies and common practices.

Benefits

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