Application Support Engineer - Hybrid

Company: Charles Schwab
Location: Paradise Valley
Posted on: May 2, 2025

Job Description:

Position Type: RegularYour opportunityAt 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. -Security Production Engineering (SPE) is a pivotal component of our Schwab Cybersecurity Services organization cybersecurity resilience, acting as a core contributor in enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, scalability, and resilience of our cyber security infrastructure. We delve into the heart of security platforms, employing our superior cyber expertise to provide unique business value and ensure the company's robust digital defenses. -As a member of the SPE team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our cyber security infrastructure, both in design and support perspectives. This is your chance to support and contribute to delivery of our cyber security strategy and make an impact that goes beyond your immediate environment. This role is an opportunity to exhibit your high standard of technical and interpersonal judgment, engage and influence peers collaboratively, and contribute to our organizational security objectives. You'll address technical security issues, manage cyber security risk, and design the infrastructure to implement and maintain cyber security applications and platforms. -Your unique perspective will contribute to improving our documentation and processes, as well as the design and execution of key deliverables within assigned technologies. As a knowledge manager, you'll grow into a subject matter expert, developing technical operating procedures and ensuring a complete understanding of our product suite. As a senior engineer, you'll strive to exceed expectations and deliver on security technical program initiatives within time and resource constraints.What you haveRequired Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent; Or 6+ years' work experience in infrastructure engineering and application development fields with a focus on cyber security.
• A minimum of 4 years' experience in systems engineering and support, with a focus on the selection, design, deployment, maintenance, and operations of security tools across various domains such as operations and visibility, data protection, vulnerability management, endpoint data protection, authentication, and authorization
• 3-5 years of experience with Linux including server hardening, user rights, interpretation of system logs, and automation of tasks
• 3-5 years of experience with Windows system administration skills, including system logs, registry, LDAP and Active Directory integration
• 2-5 years of experience scripting/automation in Perl, BASH, Python, PowerShell or other shell scripting languages with a focus on system administration
• Familiarity with commercial encryption and tokenization security concepts
• Hands-on experience with data protection technologies that implement data protection controls like tokenization, encryption, and database activity monitoring.
• 2+ years of experience following ITIL Change Management practices and processes
• Highly effective communication skills (both written and oral) -Preferred Qualifications
  • IT/Security Certifications like (Security+, CISSP, Network+, SANS certifications, etc.)
  • Knowledge of compliance and legal requirements including PCI, SOX, GLBA, GDPR.
  • An understanding of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Critical Security Controls, NIST 800-53.
  • Basic experience with utilizing active directory structures and authentication
  • Hands-on experience with designing and supporting load balancing and high availability / disaster recovery.
  • Experience with creating documents within Atlassian tooling such as Confluence and JiraExceptional communication skills for clear, concise interactions across all organization levels.A positive attitude and high emotional intelligence to manage and understand both personal and team dynamics.Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, and analytical capabilities, crucial for troubleshooting and innovation.Ability to adapt swiftly to changing priorities and maintain performance across multiple projects.High motivation, enthusiasm, and curiosity to learnResilient, self-starter, able to work with limited supervision, and able to support and help others in a team environment as either a developing leader or individual contributor. Experience in a corporate environment with:Delivering exceptional co-worker supportBalancing business needs versus security requirementsStrong project management and documentation skillsAbility to prioritize tasks and complete them with urgency.Ability to quickly grasp the big picture, yet remain focused on coordinating tasks at the detailed level -
    What's in it for youAt 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 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 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

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