Why Work at Mercer Advisors?

For 40 years, Mercer Advisors has worked with families to help them amplify and simplify their financial lives. How? By integrating financial planning, investment management, tax, estate, insurance, and more, all managed by a single team. Today we proudly serve over 31,300 families in more than 90 cities across the U.S. Ranked the #1 RIA Firm in the nation by Barron’s, we are an independent, national fiduciary legally obligated to always act in the best interest of our clients.*

Mercer Advisors offers a distinct work environment that stands out in the financial industry. Our overall employee base and client-facing team are composed of 50% women, reflecting our commitment to diversity. We attract top talent from across the country, with no formal headquarters and flexible working arrangements, allowing us to assemble the best team possible.

Join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the financial lives of families across the country.

* Mercer Advisors was ranked #1 for RIA firms with up to $70 billion in assets. The Barron’s top RIA ranking is based on a combination of metrics – including size, growth, service quality, technology, succession planning and others. No fee was paid for participation in the ranking, however, Mercer Advisors has paid a fee to Barron’s to use the ranking in marketing. Please see important information about the ranking criteria methodology here.

Job Summary:

The Infrastructure Operations Specialist is responsible for the day‑to‑day operational reliability of the firm’s technology infrastructure through continuous monitoring, incident response, and structured escalation. This role serves as a first and second line of defense for infrastructure‑ and security‑related alerts, executes documented response playbooks, and ensures consistent operational and audit evidence.

The position is intentionally scoped to focus on monitoring, response, and coordination, while platform ownership, configuration, and engineering responsibilities remain with Systems Administrators and Infrastructure Engineers. Two positions will be established, with one on each coast, to extend business‑hours coverage in a cost‑effective manner.

Essential Job Functions for this role include:

Infrastructure Monitoring & Incident Response

Continuously monitor infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity systems, networking, and security tooling using centralized monitoring and alerting solutions.
Triage alerts, validate impact, and execute documented runbooks and response plans.
Act as first and second line of defense for infrastructure and security alerts, escalating issues based on defined thresholds and procedures.
Coordinate incident response activities and ensure appropriate handoff to Systems Administrators or Engineering teams.

Service Desk Escalation & Operational Support

Serve as second‑line escalation point for the Service Desk on infrastructure‑related issues.
Validate issues, gather diagnostics, and ensure accurate prioritization before escalating.
Provide operational support during business‑impacting events to reduce time to resolution.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

Contribute to reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR) through disciplined monitoring and response practices.
Identify recurring incidents or alert noise and recommend improvements to thresholds, runbooks, and escalation processes.
Participate in post‑incident reviews and corrective action tracking.

Security, Compliance & Audit Support

Monitor infrastructure and security signals and initiate predefined response actions.
Ensure incidents, alerts, and escalations are accurately documented.
Produce consistent evidence of monitoring, response, and escalation to support SOC, audit, and regulatory requirements.
Follow established change and incident management processes.

Scope & Boundaries (Intentional)

This role does not own infrastructure platforms or perform independent configuration changes. Responsibilities are focused on operations and response, with build, administration, and architecture retained by Systems Administrators and Engineering teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

2–4 years of experience in IT operations, infrastructure support, NOC, service desk escalation, or similar roles.
Strong understanding of enterprise IT environments, including cloud platforms, identity systems, networking, and endpoint fundamentals.
Experience working with monitoring, alerting, and incident management tools.
Familiarity with structured escalation processes and operational runbooks.
Strong documentation, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Working knowledge of ITIL‑based service management concepts.
Security‑first mindset with an understanding of operational risk and compliance considerations.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting cloud environments (Azure and/or AWS).
Exposure to infrastructure security tooling and incident response workflows.
Experience working in regulated or audit‑driven environments.

Work Schedule:

This professional role requires availability during standard business hours of Monday through Friday from 8AM to 5PM. At times, the role may have early or late hours to meet business tasks and deadlines for external and internal client needs.

All roles classified as a non-exempt are required to record working time into the timekeeping system daily at the start and end of each workday plus a 30-minute unpaid lunch period.

Working Conditions:

This position may be in a professional office environment or a dedicated home office workspace which is free of interruptions. Whether position is in a dedicated office space or home office workspace, basic technology needs will be provided to satisfy position requirements. Routinely sitting and standing for periods of time. No heavy lifting over 10 lbs.

Application Deadline: The initial deadline for applications is 05/15/2026. Applications submitted after this date may still be considered on a rolling basis until the position/program is filled. We encourage all interested candidates to apply as early as possible. If a final decision has not been made by the initial deadline, subsequent applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Actual base pay within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s geographic location, relevant experience, education, skills and licenses/certifications. This position is also eligible to earn incentive compensation through one of Mercer Advisors’ incentive compensation programs.

Base Pay Range

$44—$50 USD

Benefits:

Mercer Advisors offers a competitive and robust benefit package to our employees. Our benefit programs are focused on meeting all of our employees and their eligible dependents health and welfare needs. We offer the following:

Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Supplemental Life & AD&D; Short-Term Disability; Accident; Critical Illness; and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
Three Cigna medical plans offerings including two High Deductible Health Plans and a Traditional Co-Pay medical plan.
Kaiser Medical plans available in California
Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions if enrolled in either HDHP medical plan.
Two comprehensive Dental Plans
Vision Insurance Plan
Dependent Care Savings Account for child and dependent care.
14 Company Paid Holidays including a full week off at Thanksgiving.
Generous paid time off program for vacation and sick days
Employee Assistance Plan
Family Medical Leave
Paid Parental Leave (8 weeks)
Maternity benefits utilizing company paid STD, any supplemental STD, plus Parental Leave (8 weeks) to provide time for recovery, baby bonding, and enjoying your family time.
Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
Company Paid Concierge Services for you and your loved ones for the spectrum of caring needs for your aging parents, young children, life’s challenges and more.
401(k) Retirement Plan with both Traditional and Roth plans with per pay period match as well as an after-tax option
Pet Insurance
Personalized financial planning and guidance from Mercer Advisors professionals, offered at preferred employee pricing

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