Infrastructure Automation Engineer - Intermediate level

USAA•San Antonio, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a dedicated Infrastructure Automation Engineer – Intermediate level, you will be working with our Mainframe Automation Team. The candidate selected will support infrastructure engineers across USAA’s Host and Batch Services platform and must be available to work an on-call rotation schedule. Within defined guidelines and framework, responsible for creating, modifying, maintaining and supporting infrastructure and individual system components 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. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Plano, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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, Galvanize, VetFIT (Veterans for IT) or eFIT (Employees for IT).
2 years of infrastructure experience specific to a discipline/technology or applicable IT experience such as IT Management, Software Development, Data Engineering, and Agile Product/Release Management.
1 year of experience in creating, modifying, and maintaining infrastructure and individual system components.
Developing level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends.
Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of automation principles.
Experience using REXX and JCL.
Experience with IBM System Automation, NetView, GDPS and Ansible are a plus.
Experience working in a team environment and collaborating with peers.

Responsibilities

Under direct supervision, design scalable IT system infrastructure, implements system changes with some independence; may automate service delivery, maintenance tasks, and builds the ecosystem for solutions including individual infrastructure components.
Resolves simple technology production issues with some assistance through troubleshooting systems.
Identifies issues for escalation.
Analyzes outages in order to identify opportunities for solutions.
Participates in product selection and testing.
Understands engineering best practices, concepts, and patterns
Intake customer requirements and aligns requirements to standardized product offerings
Interacts with management and staff to provide analytical and technical assistance for continuous improvement of IT solutions.
Develop software defined infrastructure in code in CI/CD Pipelines
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.