Systems Application Engineer

About the role

As a Systems Applications Engineer, you'll be the go-to expert for ensuring our data-centric and enterprise support applications run smoothly and reliably. From installation and configuration to ongoing optimization, you'll help keep critical systems performing at their best so teams across the company can make smart, data-driven decisions. This role is highly collaborative. You'll partner with stakeholders to understand business needs, provide technical guidance, and mentor junior team members as part of a supportive and growing team. Here's a snapshot of what you'd be doing: Taking the lead on installing, configuring, patching, and maintaining critical business and data applications. Monitoring system performance, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing scalability to support increasing data volumes and usage. Owning complex technical challenges from start to finish, working with vendors and internal teams to ensure reliable outcomes. Partnering with teams across the organization to understand business processes and translate needs into effective application configurations. Supporting data flow, messaging, search, and workflow platforms such as RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, NiFi, Kafka, and Camunda . Planning, organizing, and documenting complex system designs while aligning with company standards and best practices. Staying current on emerging tools and technologies and proposing solutions that improve efficiency and system performance. Pitching in wherever needed (excluding licensed tasks) to help foster a supportive and collaborative team culture. About You: You bring 5+ years of hands-on experience installing, configuring, and supporting a mix of data management, messaging, and administration tools. You have strong expertise in Linux and Windows server administration . You're comfortable navigating tools like RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, NiFi, Kafka, Camunda , or similar technologies. You're skilled at managing projects, balancing multiple priorities, and keeping complex work organized and on track. You think in systems and enjoy asking "why" to uncover root causes and data-informed solutions. You communicate clearly and can translate complex technical concepts into plain language for non-technical partners. You enjoy learning new technologies and staying current on trends in project management and application support. You're energized by work that blends big-picture thinking with hands-on problem solving. You can influence and motivate others, even without formal authority, and stay optimistic when navigating challenges. You show up consistently and can be counted on to get the job done. We're all about helping Veterans and military families become homeowners. In two short decades, we closed over 500,000 VA Loans and became the #1 VA lender for homebuyers in the nation. But to us, success isn't measured in numbers. Our success is measured in living our values every day: Be Passionate and Have Fun, Deliver Results with Integrity and Enhance Lives Every Day. We always strive to provide friendly service to military homebuyers and their families. And we always seek to lift up people and communities across the country. We're so glad you're here checking out this opportunity! If this role gets you excited but you're worried you don't check every box - don't sweat it. We're more interested in what you can bring to the team than a perfect checklist. If you're passionate, driven, and ready to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you. Come as you are, and together we'll create something amazing. Interested? Apply Today! Learn more about Veterans United on Glassdoor and our career site at vu.com/careers Veterans United Home Loans and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity Employers that consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.