Infrastructure Engineer - Mid Level (Remote)

Company: USAA
Location: Homestead
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

Purpose of JobWe are seeking a talented Infrastructure Engineer - Mid Level for Remote.

Summary

The candidate selected for this position will work on the Messaging Infrastructure team in the Chief Technology and Experience Office (CTXO). This team supports Kafka and MQ messaging platforms and provides a reliable runtime environment for our application development clients. They will work on enabling product upgrades, automating maintenance tasks, facilitating migrations, and vulnerability remediation.

Responsible for creating, modifying, maintaining, and supporting infrastructure and individual and integrated system components and solutions that enable business functions and IT Services. Balance availability, security, efficiency, and functional requirements to help provide an optimized production service. Identify and manage existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and ensure these risks are effectively identified and escalated to be measured, monitored, and controlled.

About USAA
USAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial security of millions of U.S. military members and their families. This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking at every level.

About USAA IT
Our most meaningful qualification isn't technical, it's human. Here, we don't just sit in front of a screen. We stand behind our 13 million members who rely on us every day.

We're proud of USAA's strong history -- and we're even more passionate about our future. That's why we have a team of supportive and collaborative hardworking technology professionals focused on doing more for our members. And why we're continuing to add innovative problem solvers to our team. With us, you'll find exciting challenges that inspire you to continue learning and growing.Job RequirementsTasks:

• Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled. - -
• Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and procedures for business activities.
• Under limited supervision, designs scalable IT system infrastructure, implements system changes with consistency and autonomy, and automates service delivery and maintenance tasks; builds monitoring and tooling for systems.
• Independently, resolves complex technology production issues by troubleshooting IT systems. - Identifies opportunities for improvements and makes recommendations to management.
• Analyzes complex outages and identifies opportunities for system improvements.
• Understands and consistently exercises engineering best practices, concepts, and patterns
• Understands the customer and identifies solutions and ideas for the customer with some assistance
• Evaluates potential Technology solutions with some oversight
• -Mentors' junior engineers and may being mentoring peer engineer
• Develop software defined infrastructure in code in CI/CD PipelinesMinimum requirements:Bachelor's Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree. OR Approved certification from CodeUp, Galvenize, VetFIT (Veterans for IT) or eFIT (Employees for IT)
  • 4 years of infrastructure experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s) or applicable IT experience such as IT Management, Software Development, Data Engineering, and Agile Product/Release Management.
  • 2 years of experience in creating, modifying, and maintaining infrastructure and individual system components.
  • Proficient level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends.
  • Knowledge and understanding of designing scalable IT system infrastructures, implementing system changes, or automating service delivery and maintenance tasksWhen you apply for this position, you will be required to answer some initial questions. This will take approximately 5 minutes. Once you begin the questions you will not be able to finish them later and you will not be able to change your responses.Preferred experience:
    • 3+ years' experience managing large scale distributed platforms.
    • Experience with server configuration management tools, Puppet and Rundeck.
    • Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving complex platform issues.The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.Compensation:USAA has an effective method for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market position. The salary range for this skill is: $ 88,200- $ 158,900*Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance or at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.Geographical Differential:Geographic pay differential is additional pay provided to eligible employees working in locations where market pay levels are above the national average.Shift premium:Will be addressed on an individual basis for applicable roles that are consistently scheduled for non-core hours.Benefits:At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.Please click on the link below for more details.Relocation assistance is Not Available for this position.

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