Your opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

As an Application Support / Site Reliability Engineer for Schwab’s Billing and Flex platforms production support team, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and resiliency of several critical large/complex applications across multiple technology stacks. Our ideal candidate will be passionate about automation, operational excellence, and process improvement and will work collaboratively with a centralized Site Reliability team to define and implement consistent SRE processes and tools.

What you’re good at:

Building or supporting applications in distributed environments (LINUX/Oracle/SQL Server/WebSphere) and will be familiar with all aspects of the Systems/Software Development Life CycleCreating scripts to automate operational tasks & incorporate the solutions into infrastructureTriage alerts & diagnose/resolve critical issues, manage implementation of changesDeveloping tools, frameworks, and instrumentation to validate and increase rollout success for applications.Developing CI/CD orchestration systems to reduce friction for software delivery to production.Real-Time troubleshooting of mission critical application workflows and incorporate feedback to product development. What you have

Required Qualifications:

2+ years building or supporting applications in distributed environments (LINUX/Oracle/SQL Server/WebSphere) and will be familiar with all aspects of the Systems/Software Development Life Cycle2+ years of experience in writing automation scripts, building application dashboards for proactive monitoring, setting up Alerts for early determination of the issues2+ years of experience practicing SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) practice, process improvementsExperience with enterprise batch scheduling, utilizing tools like Control-M and/or ESPHands on enterprise systems administration, monitoring, and deployment activitiesKnowledge of IP networking including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, IP routing, etc.Familiarity with large scale distributed systems and high-availability architecturesDevelopment experience in one or more or programming languages such as .Net, Powershell, Java, Python, BashKnowledge of one or more of SQL, NoSQL databasesKnowledge of one or more of Message Brokers such as Solace, RabbitMQ, IBM MQWorking knowledge of Splunk, AppDynamics or similar tools Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Preferred Qualifitcations:

Mainframe skills are a bonusFinancial services industry experienceAgile methodologiesWorking/interacting with offshore teamsStrong customer orientation with an affinity to proactively own, communicate, and follow-through projects and issuesStrong sense of ownership to resolve problems in a distributed environmentStrong resolve to dig deeper into technical issues in a complex trading eco-systemA self-starter with the ability and confidence to independently resolve issues and bring results back to the team
What’s in it for you

At Schwab, we’re committed to empowering our employees’ personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you’ll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:

401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase planPaid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positionsPaid parental leave and family building benefitsTuition reimbursementHealth, dental, and vision insurance Apply Save job