Sr. SRE - Site Reliability Engineer
Charles Schwab1 day ago
Base Salary
$150k - $162k/yr
Responsibilities
- Advance platform reliability, resiliency, availability, and operational readiness across more than 300 mission-critical banking applications.
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, service recovery, recovery planning, and operational risk reduction for production systems.
- Modernize platforms and implement automation, observability, monitoring, alert management, and operational process improvements.
- Support and coordinate infrastructure, cloud-based applications, distributed systems, databases, messaging platforms, and system administration across Windows Server and Linux environments.
- Implement and scale SRE practices, including SLOs, post-incident reviews, reliability metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with software engineering, infrastructure, security, architecture, vendors, and business teams on complex technology solutions.
- Mentor engineers, establish operational standards, and promote accountability and continuous improvement.
- Participate in an on-call rotation approximately once every 5 to 6 weeks for critical production systems.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of experience supporting and administering enterprise technology platforms in large-scale environments.
- At least 6 years of experience with automation, scripting, monitoring solutions, alert management, and operational process improvement.
- At least 6 years of experience working within SDLC practices and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience with high-availability distributed systems, production operations, platform reliability, incident response, root cause analysis, and service recovery.
- Experience administering, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning Windows Server 2019/2022 and Linux systems.
- Experience deploying, configuring, supporting, or migrating cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of IP networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and routing.
- Development or scripting experience with one or more of PowerShell, Python, Java, .NET, or Bash.
- Experience with SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, or similar database technologies.
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Solace, or similar messaging and event-driven technologies.
- Experience with Splunk, AppDynamics, or equivalent observability and monitoring platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred: 8+ years supporting large-scale mission-critical platforms in financial services or other highly regulated industries.
- Preferred: experience with SRE practices, SLOs, post-incident reviews, observability, reliability metrics, production operations, availability engineering, operational risk management, infrastructure modernization, disaster recovery, vulnerability remediation, and security-focused operational programs.
- Preferred: experience with Google Cloud Platform, Tanzu Application Service/Cloud Foundry (PCF), or similar cloud platforms, plus familiarity with Actimize and related financial crime or regulatory technology platforms.
- Preferred: familiarity with audit, regulatory, PCI, security, and compliance requirements in banking or financial services.
Benefits
- The role is intended to be performed onsite in the specified location(s), reflecting the company’s emphasis on in-office collaboration.
- The position includes an approximately once-every-5-to-6-weeks on-call rotation for critical production systems.
- The role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities in addition to the salary range.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaBashGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaLinuxMicrosoft SQL ServerMongoDB.NETPivotal Cloud FoundryPowerShellPythonRabbitMQSplunk
Categories
Site Reliability
About Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab provides brokerage, banking, and wealth management services for individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its business spans trading platforms, advisory and custody services (Schwab Advisor Services), ETFs and mutual funds, and a U.S. bank offering deposits and lending. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Westlake, Texas, Schwab is publicly traded on the NYSE (SCHW) and expanded its retail and advisor footprint through the acquisition of TD Ameritrade.