{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ad67e459850d8424abaaf4cd","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ad67e459850d8424abaaf4cd","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ad67e459850d8424abaaf4cd","title":"Application Support Engineer - Intermediate Level","description":"Location San Antonio, Texas\nJob ID\nR0120538\nDate posted\n09/01/2026\n\nWhy USAA?\n\nAt 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.\n\nEmbrace 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThe Application Support Engineer serves as a Tier 2 (L2) technical support resource within the Association’s Production Management organization. This role is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, service restoration, and operational support for critical business applications and services across the enterprise technology landscape.\n\nWorking closely with the Availability Command Center (ACC), Tier 1 Operations, Application Engineering teams, Infrastructure teams, and external vendors, this position provides technical expertise for application incidents, operational issues, and service stability initiatives. The engineer investigates and resolves application performance issues, system alerts, batch processing failures, integration problems, middleware issues, and production incidents impacting business operations.\n\nWe offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position is based in San Antonio, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.\n\nWhat You'll Do:\n\nDesign, develop, test, and implement technical solutions that support business objectives.\n\nWrite, maintain, and enhance code to deliver new features, system improvements, and ongoing product enhancements.\n\nTroubleshoot, and resolve technical issues and production incidents to ensure system reliability and performance.\n\nAnalyze systems and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and drive operational efficiency.\n\nDefine technical specifications, standards, and requirements that support scalable and sustainable applications\n\nFollow established Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices, including requirements gathering, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.\n\nEnsure risks associated with business activities are appropriately identified, assessed, monitored, and managed in accordance with organizational risk and compliance standards.\n\nWhat You Have:\n\nBachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.\n\nBasic Understanding of one or more of the following: Java, Swift, Objective-C, JavaScript, Kotlin, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL, Go, and Python, Mainframe technologies including COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, and z/OS.+\n\nExperience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, AppDynamics, Azure Monitor, or similar platforms.\n\nAbility to analyze logs, traces, metrics, and application performance data to identify service degradation and outage conditions.\n\nFamiliarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker containers, and microservice-based applications.\n\nUnderstanding of API-driven architectures and integration technologies.\n\nExperience with ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, or similar operational platforms.\n\nUnderstanding of Incident, Problem, Change, Event, and Knowledge Management processes.\n\nWhat Sets You Apart:\n\n2+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, or production environments, including troubleshooting across multiple technology domains.\n\nExperience in an Enterprise Availability Command Center (ACC), Production Operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or comparable service restoration environment, with direct involvement in high-severity incident response and recovery activities.\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to correlate monitoring, logging, and operational data to diagnose issues and restore critical business services.\n\nWorking knowledge of observability, automation, service resiliency, SRE principles, and operational process improvement.\n\nExperience working within Incident Management processes and operational support procedures, with the ability to coordinate technical teams and communicate effectively during service disruptions.\n\nExperience supporting highly regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, or healthcare; ITIL Foundation certification and Azure or AWS certifications preferred.\n\nUS military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner\n\nCompensation range: The salary range for this position is: $77,120.00 - $147,390.00.\n\nUSAA 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.).\n\nCompensation: 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.\n\nEmployees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.\n\nThe 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.\n\nBenefits: 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.\n\nFor more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.\n\nApplications 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.\n\nUSAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.\n\nEmbrace 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nThe Application Support Engineer serves as a Tier 2 (L2) technical support resource within the Association’s Production Management organization. This role is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, service restoration, and operational support for critical business applications and services across the enterprise technology landscape.\n\nWorking closely with the Availability Command Center (ACC), Tier 1 Operations, Application Engineering teams, Infrastructure teams, and external vendors, this position provides technical expertise for application incidents, operational issues, and service stability initiatives. The engineer investigates and resolves application performance issues, system alerts, batch processing failures, integration problems, middleware issues, and production incidents impacting business operations.\n\nWe offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position is based in San Antonio, TX. 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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.).\n\nCompensation: 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.\n\nEmployees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.\n\nThe 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.\n\nBenefits: 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.\n\nFor more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.\n\nApplications 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.\n\nUSAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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