What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at Charles Schwab?
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 a member of Advisor Services Technology, Service Availability and Engineering team(SAvE), you will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. The platforms we support are essential to the success of the investment advisor and offer features such as client relationship management, portfolio accounting, trading, data integration, reporting and much more.
We are looking for skilled candidates who are enthusiastic about learning new and existing technologies to deliver exceptional solutions for the production resiliency of the systems. The role incorporates aspects of software engineering and operations. We are combining these skills to come up with better ways of managing and operating applications. The role will require a high level of responsibility and accountability, yet has a support structure necessary for development growth.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will develop and institute an automated and repeatable Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CD/CD) framework for our application suite in Advisor Services Technology (AST) organization. You will also be responsible for providing ongoing build and deployment support for AST. While traditional IT requires a background that’s suited to be an order taker of requirements and deliverables, SAvE engineers also satisfy the need for innovative thinkers who can architect creative solutions and also identify opportunities for new tools, processes, and systems across AST and our partners. At its core, the role of a SAvE team member is being responsible for integrating multiple systems, collaborating with AST to build and deploy applications, and implementing improvements to drive operational efficiencies. Partner with Lead Developers and Architects in development of pilot initiatives and integrate with automation pipelines for enhancing software delivery performance
What you have
Required Qualifications
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:
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 a member of Advisor Services Technology, Service Availability and Engineering team(SAvE), you will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. The platforms we support are essential to the success of the investment advisor and offer features such as client relationship management, portfolio accounting, trading, data integration, reporting and much more.
We are looking for skilled candidates who are enthusiastic about learning new and existing technologies to deliver exceptional solutions for the production resiliency of the systems. The role incorporates aspects of software engineering and operations. We are combining these skills to come up with better ways of managing and operating applications. The role will require a high level of responsibility and accountability, yet has a support structure necessary for development growth.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will develop and institute an automated and repeatable Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CD/CD) framework for our application suite in Advisor Services Technology (AST) organization. You will also be responsible for providing ongoing build and deployment support for AST. While traditional IT requires a background that’s suited to be an order taker of requirements and deliverables, SAvE engineers also satisfy the need for innovative thinkers who can architect creative solutions and also identify opportunities for new tools, processes, and systems across AST and our partners. At its core, the role of a SAvE team member is being responsible for integrating multiple systems, collaborating with AST to build and deploy applications, and implementing improvements to drive operational efficiencies. Partner with Lead Developers and Architects in development of pilot initiatives and integrate with automation pipelines for enhancing software delivery performance
What you have
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of demonstrated real world CI/CD experience with tools: GitHub, Git Actions, Bitbucket and Bamboo
- 3 years of experience in one or more object-oriented languages (Java preferred)
- 3 years of experience with modern versions Shell scripting and PowerShell
- 2 years experience in integration of automation tools for enhancing software quality and security such as (Veracode, Black Duck, SonarQube, Light house, and Cypress)
- 1-3 years working knowledge of microservice architectures, and deployment strategies like Big Bang, Blue/Green, Canary
- 3 years experience with Linux and Windows system administration and troubleshooting
- 2 years working in one or more database, Oracle, SQL, Mongo
- 3 years working experience of software theory and algorithms, software engineering lifecycle/design, database design, network security and architecture, and operating systems.
- 3 years of experience Agile software development methodologies and procedures
- Demonstrated excellent debugging skills
- Demonstrate expertise in producing technical design documentation and reviewing with architects
- BS in computer science or related technical field
- Experience in developing automation pipelines to Multi-Region Public Cloud (GCP highly desired).
- GCP, Azure, AWS, or equivalent cloud platform experience. Pivotal Cloud Foundry(PCF) preferred.
- Experience with Pipeline as Code, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Strong desire to learn new technologies and be a catalyst for change.
- Financial industry experience is a plus.
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 plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
