Production Reliability Engineer I

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle , Paze , and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The Production Reliability Engineer I supports the stability, performance, and reliability of assigned business platforms. This is an early career level role focused on learning platform operations, production support processes, and reliability best practices while working closely with more senior engineers.

Assists with monitoring, incident response, deployments, documentation, and testing activities, gaining hands-on experience in production environments under guidance and direction.

Essential Functions

• Assists in monitoring day-to-day health, performance, and availability of assigned platforms.
• Supports production, disaster recovery (DR), and customer acceptance testing (CAT) environments under supervision.
• Responds to incidents, alerts, and service requests according to established procedures and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Escalates issues appropriately and follows guidance from senior engineers during incident resolution.

• Assists with code deployments, configuration changes, patching, and certificate renewals in CAT, DR, and Production environments.
• Participates in user acceptance testing (UAT), functional testing, and regression testing as directed.
• Follows change management and release processes to ensure safe and reliable deployments.
• Learns production readiness standards and participates in deployment checklists and reviews.
• Creates and updates documentation including standard operating procedures, workflow diagrams, and topology diagrams.
• Ensures documentation remains accurate and current based on system changes.
• Learns and applies ITIL / ITSM practices related to incident, problem, and change management.

• Works closely with Production Support Engineers, Product Owners, Engineering, and Delivery teams to understand platform functionality and support needs.
• Communicates status updates clearly during incidents or deployments under guidance.
• Participates in team meetings, handoffs, and shift transitions as required.

• Identifies opportunities for small improvements or automation and shares ideas with the team.
• Builds technical skills in reliability, monitoring, and troubleshooting through hands-on experience and mentorship.

• For Telco/Transmissions-focused position:
  
  • Manage client implementations related to external connectivity needs such as telecom, SSL certs, networking, and transmissions.
  • Create all necessary network connectivity requests such as telco setups, firewall requests, etc.
  • Follow transmission templates for automated file transfers between clients and production systems.
  • Support administration of File Transmission software applications, configuration files and various system components that support the movement and management of file deliveries.
  • Work with all other Early Warning departments to perform ad hoc, or to automate ongoing, file transfers between various production systems.
• Complies with all security policies and procedures to ensure the highest level of integrity relative to data protection, confidential and sensitive information, and security within the workplace.

Minimum Qualifications

• Telco/Transmissions-focused:
  
  • Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems with experience supporting users and an ability to relate business needs to system capability OR Education and experience typically obtained through completion of various technology certifications in systems and networking
  • Computer operations experience with knowledge of networking and distributed systems coupled with the ability to apply this toward business operations OR experience with solid technology capabilities and a comfort level with applications and batch jobs.
  • Knowledge of telecom/network functions and transmission protocols such as, TCP/IP, SFTP or Connect:Direct, Cisco or Juniper networks
• Typically 0-2 years of relevant experience in information technology, systems support, engineering, or related roles.
• Basic understanding of:
  
  • Operating systems, networking, and application concepts
  • Incident management and troubleshooting fundamentals
• Ability to follow documented procedures and learn complex systems.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to ask questions.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship, co-op, or hands-on experience supporting production or enterprise systems.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, scripting, or automation tools.
• Familiarity with ITIL / ITSM concepts.
• Interest in reliability engineering, platform operations, or site reliability practices.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

The base pay scale for this position in:
Scottsdale, AZ in USD per hour is: $28 - $33/hr. (~ $59,000 - 69,000 Annualized)
Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage -Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan -Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off - Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

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