Cloud Infra & SRE Lead — GCP, Multi-Cloud, AI Ops

Vanguard; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard seeks a senior infrastructure/SRE leader to direct a distributed team responsible for Linux and Google Cloud Platform operations. You will manage daily production, incidents, and automation initiatives while aligning with multi-cloud strategies across AWS and Azure.

You will guide engineers, improve reliability, and drive IaC, observability, and automation efforts in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid work model in a global setup is expected.

Qualifications

• Eight years of related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure, cloud operations, DevOps, SRE, Linux engineering, or a related technical discipline, including experience leading technical teams.
• Demonstrated Linux systems administration and troubleshooting experience in production environments.
• Experience managing or supporting workloads and infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or a comparable hyperscale cloud environment, with the ability to apply cloud infrastructure concepts to GCP.
• Experience leading production operations involving monitoring, alerts, incident management, infrastructure provisioning, availability, and service reliability.
• Ability to provide credible technical direction while coaching, developing, and managing infrastructure or cloud engineers.
• Experience with automation, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, or related DevOps practices.
• Experience collaborating across distributed teams and operating effectively in a fast-paced production environment.
• Experience supporting infrastructure operations at global or large-enterprise scale, preferred.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments, including AWS or Microsoft Azure, preferred.
• Experience supporting AI/ML cloud platforms or services such as Google Gemini, preferred.
• Financial services industry experience, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a geographically distributed team of engineers for Linux and GCP infrastructure operations.
• Oversee daily production operations, including monitoring, alert response, provisioning, incident management, and service restoration.
• Provide technical leadership across Linux, Google Cloud, automation, and cloud operations.
• Guide the team through high-priority incidents and complex infrastructure issues.
• Improve reliability, availability, scalability, security, and operational readiness of cloud and Linux environments.
• Advance DevOps and SRE practices, including IaC, observability, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Support operational adoption of emerging GCP capabilities and AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop team capabilities through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with AWS, Azure, and other teams to support Vanguard's multi-cloud strategy and standards.
• Evaluate trends and incidents to improve resiliency and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Linux

GCP

DevOps

SRE

Automation

IaC

Multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Vanguard seeks a senior infrastructure/SRE leader to direct a distributed team responsible for Linux and Google Cloud Platform operations. You will manage daily production, incidents, and automation initiatives while aligning with multi-cloud strategies across AWS and Azure.

You will guide engineers, improve reliability, and drive IaC, observability, and automation efforts in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid work model in a global setup is expected.