Senior Cloud Engineer Lead

Your Opportunity

The Cloud Senior Engineer Lead will have the opportunity to help shape the next generation Cloud solutions for Charles Schwab & Co. The ideal candidate will have experience in large scale cloud service design to protect virtualized workloads across a variety of technology and service domains. This will be hands-on design, engineering and support of Schwab's architectures applied to our initiatives. This role is for someone who sees themselves as a cloud practitioner with technology domain expertise.

What you are good at

• Designing cloud service and domain technology.
• You are a results-oriented individual contributor; provide efficiently organized and crafted logic; highly motivated and proficient in developing robust easily maintainable cloud solutions.
• You can quickly understand complex problems and come up with simple solutions.
• Ability to communicate well with teams and leaders of the organization; have good listening skills and ask great questions.
• This position requires good interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong technology affinity and experience, as well as attention to detail is required.
• A willingness to learn and grow is a must. Teammate with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor. You can transition and cross train peer teams on your cloud designs and technology development.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones and locations.
• Previous experience in a highly regulated environment with appreciation for audit and regulatory principles will benefit you.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience working within Enterprise IT.
• 5+ years' highly technical experience with cloud design in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• 1+ years' experience running production workloads on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• 5+ years' experience with infrastructure as code tools including Terraform.
• 5+ years' experience with scripting tools (Python, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, etc.).
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cyber Security, related degree OR related practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Design experience in secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on Big Data, AI/ML, or Event Streaming/Messaging and Orchestration.
• Coding proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Salt or similar automation tools as all provisioning includes Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Extensive experience building, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure through GitOps workflows and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with defining quality standards and ensuring code releases exceed those standards.
• Advanced trouble shooting capabilities and operational experience with cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Cloud Security products and following secure design principles.
• Working proficiency with SCM and DevOps tool suites; examples include Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Concourse etc.
• Experience in the development of policy and operational processes to insure high availability and service of entire technology stack.
• Experience working with development and security architects to determine project requirements, specifications, and technical solutions.
• Experience with supporting mission critical, 24x7 systems.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum, experience adopting or leading continuous integration and continuous delivery concepts and frameworks.
• Google Professional, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solution Architect or similar Cloud Provider Certification is a plus.
• Experience in the Financial Services industry is a plus.

"In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities."