Associate - Hardware Systems Engineering

Pay range: USD $27.07 - $51.68 / Hour

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.

This Schwab I&O (Infrastructure and Operations) position will support our Data Centers in the Arizona 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 Phoenix technology environments with potential for occasional remote responsibilities. Some travel may be required from time to time between Arizona 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 on a daily basis at all AZ data centers.

• 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 different systems of record such as Nlyte 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, scanning/documenting and secure vendor transport coordination for recycling or resale of end-of-life IT assets and data sanitization of data bearing devices;
• 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.

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance