Application Engineering Technical Lead - II

Vanguard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking an experienced IT Technical Lead to provide expert-level technical lead services for critical software and hardware projects. You will direct and evaluate project deliverables, ensuring adherence to technical standards. Candidates should have at least eight years of related work experience, including a minimum of three years in development roles. The company offers a hybrid working model to foster collaboration and personal development among team members.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
• Expertise in IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert level IT technical lead services and direction for software, middleware, or hardware projects.
• Identify potential solutions and approve technical solutions proposed by team members.
• Communicate with key stakeholders on project issues.
• Mentor IT staff and identify training needs.
• Participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle.

Skills

Technical expertise

Project management

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Mentoring abilities

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree (preferred)

Job description

Overview

Provides expert level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team\'s technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.
• Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them.
• Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.
• Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.
• Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• Participates in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
• Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.