Consultant, Technology Engineer; Identity Access Management

Position: Consultant, Technology Engineer (Identity Access Management)
If you're passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide's Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide, "on your side" goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Mondays & Wednesdays.

This role is within Technology Security & Infrastructure Identity Access Management.

* Proven hands-on technical leader with strong experience in secure solution design, software engineering, and end-to-end technology delivery.

* Experience in cybersecurity engineering practices, including secure SDLC, threat modeling, vulnerability management, application security, identity and access patterns, and IIQ knowledge.

* Strong experience designing and supporting secure, scalable AWS and cloud-native solutions, including API architecture, API design, API development, API security, and secure integration patterns.

* Working knowledge of large-scale application architectures, including multi-node, multi-location designs and related load balancing and workload distribution strategies.

* Experience with Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation, operational resiliency, observability, and release readiness.

* Strong scripting background, specifically Bash and Power Shell.

* Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions across cross-functional teams while mentoring engineers and advancing secure-by-design and engineering best practices.

* Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled solutions and AI-assisted engineering, with emphasis on secure implementation, responsible use, and measurable business value.

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Job Description Summary

If you're enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Consultant, Technology Engineer, you deliver standard and custom supportable technology products. The solutions you build are based on Nationwide's architectural standards, technology roadmaps, industry trends and business requirements. You'll focus on collaboration, data, systems, storage, middleware, network, security and contact center technology products. You'll also be accountable for the operational aspects and management for the above products according to the business requirements and defined service level agreements (SLAs).

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

* Collaborates with Technology Architecture professionals to develop technology product roadmaps.

* Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

* Designs and implements standard builds/templates for all technology platforms.

* Drives product improvements through optimization, enhancements and the implementation of new features and functions.

* Works continuously with other Technology Engineering teams and Technology Architecture to ensure the success of products.

* Conducts "proof of concept" labs for enhancements, new solutions and competitive bake-offs.

* Designs standard and custom technology solutions for business partner projects, including pre- production testing, performance tuning, handoffs and certification.

* Conducts proactive and reactive monitoring to detect, predict and resolve abnormal conditions in the environment.

* Collaborates with vendors to help drive design innovation in product enhancements and improvements.

* Executes on production engineering processes, incident management, root cause analysis, problem management, change management, release management and knowledge management.

* Provides complex production support for all technology platforms.

* Provides oversight for technical labs and development environments.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships:
Reports to AVP, Director or Manager Technology Engineering Manager/Technology Product Manager.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education:

Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems or a related field is preferred.

License/Certification/Designation:
Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e., AWS, Azure, scripting and development languages, delivery methods, security).

Experience:

Six years or more experience with the most complex integrated solutions with an ability to design and develop and modify new and existing solutions for…