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Charles Schwab

Systems Administrator - Wealth and Asset Management

Westlake, TX

Salary: USD $79,800 - $122,300 / Year

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 the Wealth & Asset Management Engineering team, you will be immersed in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment. We are going through a time of rapid innovation and new product development to support our evolving business to deliver exceptional experiences to investors and the financial professionals who serve them. We're looking for an Engineer to support multiple application development teams to drive our services and applications at scale.

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As a Systems Administrator, you will be part of a highly engaged, high-performing team of reliability engineers who support critical systems and applications across all environments including development, QA, UAT, and in a limited capacity, production. Our goal is to continuously improve products, processes, and user experiences, leveraging your passion for innovative IT solutions and to support our platform engineers as we adopt a modern vision of DevOps culture. You will be involved in all aspects of the SDLC process and will gain a deep understanding of the inner workings of our applications to identify monitoring needs and create suitable runbooks. You will also work closely with business partners, development teams, infrastructure teams, and colleagues across the organization.

The position requires a strong teamwork mindset and background leveraging tooling and automation to achieve maximum process reliability. Additionally, you much have a continuous focus on collaboration and coordination with related departments and stakeholders to strengthen partnerships and drive positive change at Schwab.

What you have

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum 3-5+ years system administration experience in both Linux and Windows environments
  • Strong background with Linux system administration
  • Proficient using scripting languages including Bash, Python and PowerShell
  • Familiar with databases including Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle
  • Strong experience with CI/CD tooling
  • Experience with configuration management tools, preferably SaltStack
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong documentation and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience using BitBucket and Bamboo or GitHub and GitHub Actions
  • Strong knowledge of networking concepts such as routing, subnetting, NATing etc
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related experience
  • Experience working in financial or banking industry

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 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

Client-provided location(s): Westlake, TX, USA
Job ID: CharlesSchwab-2024-100411
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program