Senior Mainframe CICS Systems Programmer

USAA

. 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.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeSan Antonio • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $114,080 - $218,030 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree or 4 additional years of experience beyond the minimum requirement can be used in lieu of a degree
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
various wellness programs
career path planning and continuing education

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Hard Skills & Tools

IT system infrastructure designsystem change implementationservice delivery automationtroubleshootingengineering best practicessoftware defined infrastructureCI/CD Pipelinesinfrastructure managementcloud technologiesrisk management

Soft Skills

mentoringcoachingproblem-solvingcommunicationinnovationleadershipanalysiscollaborationcustomer understandingbusiness acumen

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree