Contact Center Voice Engineer - Mid Level

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Contact Center Voice Engineer - Mid Level, you will join the Voice Infrastructure team within the Contact Center Technologies organization under Digital, supporting the technologies that enable millions of member interactions each year. This role offers hands-on experience with Cisco contact center platforms, cloud technologies, integrations, and automation in a highly visible enterprise environment.

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.

What you’ll do:

• 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 Pipelines.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 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 tasks.
• Basic understanding of cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• Understanding of Cisco UCCE architecture and core components (Router/Logger, AW/HDS/DDS, PGs, CVP, Finesse, CCMP)
• Strong troubleshooting and log analysis skills across contact center applications
• SQL querying and data analysis experience
• Understanding of CTI integrations, REST APIs, JSON, and OAuth concepts
• Knowledge of contact center call flows, SIP/VoIP, and related protocols
• Experience supporting platform upgrades, migrations, and cutovers
• Python and/or Go development experience for automation and operational tooling
• Nice to have - AWS fundamentals and cloud technology experience and exposure to AWS Connect.
• Windows and Linux administration fundamentals, Networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, load balancing, firewalls)
• Automation mindset with interest in DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts
• Comfortable working across infrastructure, applications, integrations, and development teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability and desire to learn new technologies
• Self-starter with strong communication skills and production support experience

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $93,770.00 - $179,240.00 .

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process 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 data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

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.

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.

USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you’ll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don’t have to be connected to the military yourself - you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static_assets/Media/enterprise_hr_cpra_notice_at_collection.pdf) here.