Sr Specialist -Systems Engineering (SD)

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role.

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.

This Schwab I&O (Infrastructure and Operations) position will support our Data Centers in the Texas region. Position responsibility will include technology hardware production support, planning and implementing technology space requirements; interfacing with third-party vendors (break/fix and deployment); act as the I&O point-of-contact for Facilities and Security in Critical Technology Areas; defining and monitoring hardware environmental requirements; define, maintain and manage connectivity installations within Critical Technology Areas; responsible for technology hardware asset inventory in Critical Technology Areas; vendor coordination for technology hardware recycling and disposal. The role will be primarily focused in the DFW-metro area data centers.  

What you’ll do: 

• Play an integral role in all asset inventory and performing audits, audit remediation, and working with various technology groups to ensure our ITAD records are accurate. 
• Manage local ITAD-related functions to ensure that client data is protected and associated audit documentation is captured. 
• Assist in managing onsite vendors/contractors daily at all TX data centers. 
• Design and manage mainframe infrastructure, including new deployments, technology refreshes, and platform upgrades across the Schwab mainframe (MF) environment. 

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT related field, and/or equivalent technical experience. 
• Experience working with large data sets of assets and being able to compare them to other systems of record to find any disparities. 
• Experience performing physical IT asset audits and ensuring accuracy of physical systems sync up with various systems of record such as DCIM and CMDB. 
• Familiarity working in DCIM tool (Nlyte): Space design and technology hardware asset inventory within CTAs. This includes power documentation and visibility into accurate vendor hardware maintenance enrollment. 
• Experience in managing an ITAD process: decommissioning, data sanitization of data bearing devices; secure chain of custody transfer for recycling or resale of end-of-life IT assets.  
• Broad practical experience with data center and call center IT space design and deployment of technology components. 
• Excellent client interfacing skills, strong verbal and written communication. 
• Computer skills and the use of various business applications such as Nlyte, AutoCAD, Remedy, MS Project, and MS Office are desired. 
• Technology hardware installation: “Rack & Stack” hardware in CTAs including distributed servers, storage, switch/router, etc. 

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