Senior Cloud Security Automation Manager

Your Opportunity

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.

Charles Schwab has been a leader in financial services for nearly four decades, working to make investing more affordable, accessible and understandable to all. Driven by our purpose to champion every client’s goals with passion and integrity, we’re committed to providing an environment that respects and appreciates the diversity of our employees, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal, as seen through clients' eyes, is that Schwab continuously improves on being a premier financial service provider through best-in-class service, technology, products, people and advice. 

The Schwab Cybersecurity Services (SCS) organization is a centralized Center of Excellence (COE) within Schwab Technology Services (STS) that provides security services to advance Schwab’s security posture of critical assets.

Automation Engineering team within SCS Identity and Access Management Engineering organization owns the strategy, design, development, implementation and support through automation and orchestration for achieving high security and performance, increasing efficiency and eliminating manual repetitive tasks in Engineering, Operations and business process within SCS.

We are looking for a Senior Technical leader responsible for delivering AI-enabled automation strategy and operational transformation. This role will oversee a team of exceptionally talented automation engineers responsible for delivering workflow automations, Copilot agents, custom AI models, regression testing automation, incident response automation, and potential agentic orchestration capabilities.

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 of Science in Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Science or related preferred.
• 10+ years of technology experience in software engineering, automation engineering, cybersecurity engineering, or related disciplines.
• 8+ years of enterprise-level system administration experience, supporting technologies and databases that are subject to high levels of audit and regulatory oversight, is required.
• 8+ years of Low Code Platforms such as Appian and Microsoft Power Platform, Github Copilot based tools and technologies.
• Experience leading AI governance and controls reviews for AI-enabled automations.
• 5+ years of experience creating workflow automations, dynamic case management, security operations automations and risk management workflows.
• 5+ years experience supporting Cyber Security tools/applications, including but not limited to Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• 5+ years of experience with Agile/Kanban practices.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Ability to analyze, propose and implement timely, cost effective, quality solutions for all issues or problems within area of responsibility.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and problem-solving skills with an ability to identify stakeholders, assess their needs and manage their expectations through effective communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Technology Platforms such as Zscaler, SailPoint Identity IQ (IIQ), PING ID, and/or HYPR or related in Cyber Security.

• Experience with Low Code Platforms such as Appian and Microsoft Power Platform, Github Copilot based tools and technologies.

• Security certifications such as CISSP or SANS is preferred.

• Master's degree preferred in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.

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