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Why USAA?

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 Microsoft Teams Engineer – Senior, you will join USAA’s Collaboration and Productivity Operations Engineering Team, supporting the enterprise collaboration and productivity platforms relied upon by the entire association. While this role will primarily focus on Microsoft Teams, team members also support a broader portfolio of collaboration technologies. This position offers the opportunity to work on high-visibility enterprise initiatives, influence the employee experience at scale, and partner with stakeholders across USAA to deliver secure, reliable, and innovative collaboration solutions.

We are looking for a senior-level Microsoft Teams Engineer with multiple years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Teams solutions in a large enterprise environment. Experience should include both implementation and post-implementation operational support. Expected to serve as a technical mentor and subject matter expert for Microsoft Teams, actively developing the skills of other engineers through documentation, training sessions, troubleshooting guidance, and day-to-day coaching.

Responsible for creating, modifying, maintaining and supporting infrastructure and individual and integrated system components and solutions that enable 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, Plano, TX, or Colorado Springs, CO.

 Relocation assistance is available for this position.

What you'll do:

• Independently designs scalable IT system infrastructure, provides oversight and priority for system change - reserves execution for complex implementations, and automates service delivery and maintenance tasks; provides direction and priority for monitoring and tooling activities.
• Independently resolves highly complex technology production issues and leads troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span across multiple systems.
• Leads analysis of end-to-end system failures to identify opportunities across multiple systems. Makes recommendations to business leaders on best solutions.
• Independently experiments with new patterns and technologies.
• Helps establish and improve engineering best practices, concepts, and patterns with peers and the business.
• Understands the customer and proactively identifies innovative solutions and ideas for the product/business.
• Mentors' engineers, coach engineers on design, development, and maintenance of systems.
• 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.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.

• 6 years of infrastructure experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline(s)/technology(s) to include 2 years' experience in Systems Operations environment supporting complex environment deployment and infrastructure management activities or applicable IT experience such as IT Management, Software Development, Data Engineering, and Agile Product/Release Management.
• 4 years of experience in creating, modifying, and maintaining infrastructure and individual system components.
• Advanced level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends.
• Knowledge and proficient understanding of designing scalable IT system infrastructures, implementing system changes, or automating service delivery and maintenance tasks.
• Demonstrated experience working with cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

• 3+ years of experience administering and supporting Microsoft Teams in an enterprise environment.
• Deep understanding of Teams architecture, policies, governance, compliance controls, and administration.
• Experience implementing and supporting Teams Meetings, Teams Calling, Teams Phone, Teams Rooms, and collaboration services.
• Strong troubleshooting and issue management skills, including root cause analysis and incident resolution.
• Experience managing Teams through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, and related Microsoft tools.
• Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, knowledge articles, and engineering standards.
• Experience supporting enterprise migrations, platform modernization efforts, and feature rollouts.
• Knowledge of identity and access management concepts, licensing, and authentication.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 ecosystem integrations and dependencies.
• Experience partnering with Microsoft, vendors, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to drive solutions and resolve issues.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Microsoft Teams deployments, migrations, and feature rollouts, including the use of PowerShell or automation to administer, troubleshoot, and manage Microsoft 365 collaboration services.
• Microsoft Teams Administrator Associate or other Microsoft 365 certifications.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled Teams capabilities, meeting features, and collaboration workloads.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes, change management, problem management, and/or major incident response.
• Experience in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments.

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $114,080-$218,030.

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.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.