Junior Site Reliability Engineer — OnSite, Automation & Cloud

Charles Schwab Corporation

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Schwab is seeking an engineer to join the site-based operations team in Austin, focusing on software systems engineering, automation, and platform reliability. You will contribute to production operations, incident response, and monitoring to strengthen availability and reduce manual work.

You will collaborate with platform teams and business partners to investigate issues, automate workflows, and enhance dashboards and tooling for better operational visibility, learning to apply data-driven

Qualifications

1-2 years of experience supporting or administering enterprise-level platforms in a technical role.
Experience writing automation scripts or building monitoring dashboards and alerts.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) concepts and operational reliability practices.
Hands-on familiarity with systems administration, monitoring, or deployment activities in cloud and/or hybrid environments.
Exposure to Windows Server 2022 and/or Linux hosted via virtual machines.
Working knowledge of IP networking concepts, including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and IP routing.
Basic understanding of distributed systems and high-availability concepts.
Basic development proficiency in one or more languages such as .NET, PowerShell, Java, Python, or Bash.
Exposure to one or more databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, or MongoDB.
Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, ThousandEyes, ExtraHop, Moogsoft, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Support cloud and login platforms via production operations, incident response, monitoring, automation, and reliability improvements.
Collaborate with engineers and platform teams to investigate issues and optimize operational processes.
Develop dashboards, alerts, and tools to improve visibility and reduce manual toil.
Foster an SRE mindset with structured troubleshooting and data-driven decision making in a regulated financial services environment.