Highlights
As a Senior DevOps Engineer within WAM Tech's Service Availability and Engineering (SAvE) team, you'll help strengthen the resiliency, reliability, and delivery of technology that supports Schwab's investment advisor platform. Working across engineering, architecture, and technology teams, you'll help design scalable solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, influence CI/CD practices, and guide teams toward more reliable ways of working.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Industry | Security and Surveillance |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1971 |
| Website | http://www.aboutschwab.com/careers |
Description
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. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
As a Senior DevOps Engineer within WAM Tech's Service Availability and Engineering (SAvE) team, you'll help strengthen the resiliency, reliability, and delivery of technology that supports Schwab's investment advisor platform. You'll combine software engineering and operational expertise to improve how critical applications are built, deployed, secured, and supported across complex environments.
You'll use DevOps practices, automation, cloud technologies, and analytical problem solving to improve deployment strategies and engineering productivity. Working across engineering, architecture, and technology teams, you'll help design scalable solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, influence CI/CD practices, and guide teams toward more reliable ways of working. This is an opportunity to apply deep technical expertise while continuing to learn new technologies, challenge existing processes, and help improve the availability and resilience of platforms advisors depend on.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Real-world DevOps and CI/CD experience using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Bamboo to automate and improve software delivery.
- Demonstrated experience integrating software quality and security tools such as SonarQube, Veracode, Black Duck, or CodeQL into engineering workflows.
- Working knowledge of microservices and deployment strategies, including Blue/Green, Canary, and Big Bang deployments.
- Demonstrated scripting experience using PowerShell, Bash, and Python to automate engineering and operational processes.
- Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux and Windows environments, with familiarity working with Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, or similar database technologies.
- Ability to solve complex technical problems, produce technical design documentation, collaborate with architects and cross-functional partners, and mentor teams in effective CI/CD practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing automated deployment pipelines for multi-region public cloud environments, with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) highly desired; Microsoft Azure, AWS, or equivalent cloud experience considered.
- Experience with Pipeline as Code and Infrastructure as Code practices, including Terraform.
- Experience working with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).
- Ability to apply Artificial Intelligence technologies or AI-enabled tools to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and innovation.
- Demonstrated adaptability, continuous learning, and the ability to help teams adopt new technologies and engineering practices.
- Financial services industry experience.
In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.
About Company
The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Named "Highest in Investor Satisfaction with Self-Directed Services" by J.D. Power and Associates in 2009, its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC) affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services.
The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. To meet the needs of our clients, we are actively recruiting people with the desire, drive and creativity to find solutions that help meet our clients' needs; who want the chance to learn, grow with the company and explore their career opportunities; who will strive for excellence in achieving our clients' and our company's goals; who have the highest ethical standards - individuals who take pride in making a difference in people's lives.
The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. To meet the needs of our clients, we are actively recruiting people with the desire, drive and creativity to find solutions that help meet our clients' needs; who want the chance to learn, grow with the company and explore their career opportunities; who will strive for excellence in achieving our clients' and our company's goals; who have the highest ethical standards - individuals who take pride in making a difference in people's lives.