Cloud Engineer, Specialist, Resiliency Engineering Platforms

Vanguard; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is hiring an engineer to design and develop enterprise-scale software that advances resiliency, autonomy, and predictive operations. You will build cloud-native services, APIs, and automation workflows, collaborating with SREs, architects, and product teams to deliver scalable, observable systems.

The role focuses on AI-enabled capabilities, practical resiliency improvements, and reliable production support across multiple subdivisions, using NodeJS/TypeScript, Java, Python, and cloud

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides advanced system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and platforms.
• Designs and develops cloud-native services, APIs, integrations, and automation workflows.
• Leads technical design discussions and contributes to platform architecture decisions.
• Develops scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Partners with SREs, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to solve enterprise resiliency challenges.
• Creates reusable frameworks and automation that improve resiliency outcomes.
• Develops AI-enabled capabilities, skills, or agents that reduce operational toil and improve decision making.
• Mentors engineers and participates in code reviews, testing, and production support.
• Contributes to observability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence initiatives.

Skills

NodeJS/TypeScript

Java

Python

Angular

PostgreSQL

AI/ML concepts

Education

Undergraduate degree in a related field

Tools

AWS Lambda

CloudFormation

SQS / EventBridge

GitHub Enterprise

Grafana

Job description

What You'll Help Build

As an Engineer, you will design and develop enterprise-scale software solutions that help Vanguard move from reactive operations to predictive and autonomous resiliency.

• Expansion of Pulse synthetic monitoring capabilities and onboarding experiences.
• Enterprise resiliency intelligence services and automation platforms.
• Cloud-native APIs, services, integrations, and event-driven architectures.
• Automated resiliency validation, policy enforcement, and evidence collection.
• AI-powered agents and skills that solve recurring resiliency problems across subdivisions.
• Solutions that identify risks, recommend actions, and improve operational efficiency.
• Next-generation experiences for resiliency visibility and operational intelligence.

Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides advanced system analysis, design, development, and implementation of applications and platforms.
• Designs and develops cloud-native services, APIs, integrations, and automation workflows.
• Leads technical design discussions and contributes to platform architecture decisions.
• Develops scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Partners with SREs, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to solve enterprise resiliency challenges.
• Creates reusable frameworks and automation that improve resiliency outcomes.
• Develops AI-enabled capabilities, skills, or agents that reduce operational toil and improve decision making.
• Mentors engineers and participates in code reviews, testing, and production support.
• Contributes to observability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence initiatives.

We Heavily Rely On

• NodeJS / TypeScript
• Java
• Python
• Angular
• PostgreSQL
• AWS Lambda
• CloudFormation
• SQS / EventBridge
• GitHub Enterprise
• Grafana
• AI Development Frameworks and Agent Technologies

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-scale software platforms.
• Strong experience with cloud-native development and distributed systems.
• Experience developing APIs, integrations, or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with observability, resiliency, or platform engineering concepts.
• Experience developing automation and engineering productivity solutions.

Special Factors

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.