Application Administrator

Qualifications Include

• Bachelor's degree from four-year accredited college with some related experience preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• 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

• Application implementations and upgrades
• Application administration and automation
• Power Shell
• 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 Dev Ops fundamentals

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

• 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 Power Shell 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 North Western Energy employees are required to adhere to company safety standards and the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics
• Ensure all actions are consistent with North Western Energy's values, mission, and strategic business objectives
• Demonstrates adherence to company safety and security standards

Full-time position

$76,400 to $116,000 per year, depending on experience. Benefits include: 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 Program (Offering up to six free counseling sessions, per person, per issue, per year for employees, spouses and dependents);
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 training opportunities; paid time off starting on your first day, plus 11 paid holidays.

Open through March 2, 2026.

Apply online at: https://northw