Production Support Engineer Trading Technology

The Charles Schwab Corp

Omaha, NE

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Business Operations, Coaching, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Improvement, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Distributed Computing, Finance, High Availability, Identify Issues, Incident Response, Java, Leadership, Linux Operating System, Mentoring, On Call, Operational Audit, Operational Improvement, Oracle Database, Order Management, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Problem Solving Skills, Production Support, Production Systems, Quality Management, Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, SQL (Structured Query Language), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Administration, Team Player, Technical Support, Trading Systems
LOCATION
Omaha, NE
POSTED
30+ days ago

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 4-days per week during night shifts (2pm-10pm CST), and weekends as needed, in the specified location(s).

As a Production Support Engineer, you will help safeguard the stability and resilience of Schwab's Order Management System in a high-availability environment. Your work directly supports clients by ensuring critical trading and operational systems remain reliable, secure, and performant.

In this role, you'll take ownership of complex production situations-from assessing impact and leading incident response to collaborating across application, infrastructure, database, and vendor partners to restore service. You'll also focus on continuous improvement by identifying patterns, reducing recurring issues, and strengthening monitoring, runbooks, and operational practices that improve availability over time.

You'll be part of a collaborative, inclusive team that succeeds together as One Schwab. We value trust, accountability, and diverse perspectives, and we encourage curiosity, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning so you can grow your skills while making a meaningful, client-centered impact.

What you have

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience supporting production systems in site reliability engineering, production support, or software operations roles
  • Ability to lead high-severity incidents by assessing impact, coordinating response efforts, and restoring service efficiently
  • Strong troubleshooting skills applied to distributed systems and SQL-backed applications
  • Ability to analyze operational data to identify root causes and deliver lasting reliability improvements
  • Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical partners
  • Ability to participate in a rotating on-call schedule to support 24x7 operations

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting Java-based applications in complex, high-availability environments
  • Ability to strengthen monitoring and alerting by improving signal quality, coverage, and actionable insights
  • Working knowledge of Oracle database operations, including SQL analysis and performance troubleshooting
  • Experience supporting Linux-based systems and applying performance tuning fundamentals
  • Ability to automate repetitive operational tasks using scripting or programming languages
  • Experience creating or improving runbooks, escalation models, and change-management practices
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, or guide peers during incident response or operational reviews

About the Company

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The Charles Schwab Corp

The Charles Schwab Corporation is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Named "Highest in Investor Satisfaction with Self-Directed Services" by J.D. Power and Associates in 2009, its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC) affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through Schwab Advisor Services.

The Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC) provides banking and mortgage services and products. To meet the needs of our clients, we are actively recruiting people with the desire, drive and creativity to find solutions that help meet our clients' needs; who want the chance to learn, grow with the company and explore their career opportunities; who will strive for excellence in achieving our clients' and our company's goals; who have the highest ethical standards - individuals who take pride in making a difference in people's lives.
COMPANY SIZE
1,000 to 1,499 employees
INDUSTRY
Security and Surveillance
FOUNDED
1971
WEBSITE
http://www.aboutschwab.com/careers