Network Systems Engineer

Auxiant’s Mission Statement and Core Values

Mission: An Independent TPA investing in People and Innovation to deliver expert-driven experiences with REAL Results.

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Be part of a growing and prospering company as a Network Systems Engineer
. Auxiant is a third party administrator of self-funded employee benefit plans with offices in Cedar Rapids, IA, Madison and Milwaukee, WI. Auxiant is a fast-growing, progressive company offering an excellent wage and benefit package.

The Network and Systems Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for the design, implementation, automation, and operational support of enterprise network and systems infrastructure. This role requires deep technical expertise across traditional network and systems administration as well as modern platform engineering practices including containerization, automation pipelines, and identity and access management. Actively interacts and collaborates with technical teams and IT leadership while demonstrating strong work independence, sound prioritization, and disciplined tracking of project and operational work.

Tasks and duties assigned will be related to and potentially extend beyond these essential responsibilities

• Infrastructure as code & automation – Design and maintain infrastructure automation using Ansible, Python, and related tooling; establish consistent automation standards across system provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows.
• CI/CD pipeline development – Build, maintain, and optimize infrastructure automation pipelines using Git Lab CI/CD; support infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and systems deployment processes through pipeline-driven automation workflows.
• Container platform management – Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot infrastructure and platform container environments; maintain configurations, resource efficiency, and platform stability for systems-level workloads; infrastructure container management does not extend to application containers owned by development teams.
• Identity & access management – Administer enterprise IAM platforms; manage authentication, authorization, and directory services; enforce least-privilege access principles and support compliance requirements.
• Secrets management & certificate automation – Design and operate automated certificate enrollment, renewal, and PKI lifecycle processes; manage enterprise secrets management platforms across infrastructure and application environments.
• Database infrastructure & high availability – Support and maintain the MySQL and MSSQL database platform infrastructure including installation, patching, connection pooling, high availability proxy configuration, and replication health; assist with performance analysis and maintenance planning at the infrastructure level; database administration responsibilities including query development, schema management, and application-level database work are outside the scope of this role.
• Monitoring & observability – Architect, configure, and maintain infrastructure and systems monitoring including servers, network devices, and platform components; define thresholds, dashboards, and escalation workflows; monitoring scope includes systems-level visibility into web stack infrastructure but does not extend to application performance or application-layer monitoring owned by development teams.
• Scripting & automation development – Design and maintain automation solutions using Power Shell, Python, and Ansible in support of infrastructure provisioning, systems administration, and network operations; ensure all scripts are documented, version-controlled, and maintained.
• Linux systems administration – Configure, manage, and troubleshoot Linux systems in Ubuntu-based environments; manage user permissions, file systems, logging, and network configuration.
• Network infrastructure – Configure and troubleshoot layer 2/3 switches, VLANs, firewalls, SD-WAN, VPN solutions, and ISP connectivity across corporate offices, remote data…