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Senior Site Reliability Engineer - GCP
- Charles Schwab (Austin, TX)
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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.
As a Senior Reliability Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the reliability and scalability of our mission-critical applications, collaborating across teams to deliver solutions that matter. You’ll be part of a culture that values integrity, teamwork, and personal growth—where your expertise drives real change and your career journey is supported every step of the way.
What You’ll Do
+ Evangelize the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset and solve problems through systematization.
+ Identify opportunities to build innovative tools and address unique operational challenges for large-scale, enterprise applications.
+ Create scripts to automate operational tasks and integrate solutions into infrastructure.
+ Collaborate with Engineering, Scrum, and Operations teams to provide technical expertise and support key initiatives for system availability and reliability.
+ Triage alerts, diagnose/resolve critical issues, and manage implementation of changes.
+ Develop tools, frameworks, and instrumentation to validate and increase rollout success for applications.
+ Coordinate capacity planning and develop CI/CD orchestration systems to streamline software delivery.
+ Troubleshoot mission-critical application workflows in real time and incorporate feedback into product development.
+ Participate in on-call support rotations.
What you have
Required Qualifications
+ 6–8 years of enterprise-level administration and support experience.
+ 6–8 years of experience in automation scripting, dashboard creation for proactive monitoring, and alert setup.
+ 6–8 years practicing SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and process improvements.
+ Hands-on experience with enterprise systems administration, monitoring, and deployment.
+ Experience with Windows 2019/2022 and Linux (VM-hosted).
+ Cloud application configuration, deployment, support, and migration (GCP/PCF is a plus).
+ Knowledge of IP networking (DNS, DHCP, firewalls, IP routing).
+ Familiarity with large-scale distributed systems and high-availability architecture.
+ Linux and Windows system administration, troubleshooting, and tuning.
+ Development experience in .Net, PowerShell, Java, Python, or Bash.
+ Knowledge of SQL, Oracle, or MongoDB databases.
+ Working knowledge of Actimize.
+ Experience with message brokers (Solace, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Kafka).
+ Experience with Splunk, AppDynamics, or similar tools.
+ Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
+ Financial services industry experience.
+ Experience with Agile methodologies.
Personal Attributes
+ Strong customer orientation and proactive ownership of projects/issues.
+ Extreme sense of ownership in resolving problems in distributed environments.
+ Resolve to dig deeper into technical issues.
+ Self-starter with confidence to independently resolve issues and deliver results.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. 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
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
Schwab is an affirmative action employer, focused on employing and advancing in employment, qualified women, racial and ethnic minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodations in the application process, contact Human Resources at [email protected] or call 800-275-1281.
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