Hybrid Cloud SRE Lead: GCP, Linux & DevOps

Vanguard Group; Wayne (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard Group in Wayne, PA is seeking a seasoned leader to head a geographically distributed team of approximately 10 engineers focused on Linux and Google Cloud infrastructure operations. You will drive daily production stability, monitor systems, respond to alerts, provision infrastructure, and manage incidents with business impact in mind.

You will provide technical direction across Linux, GCP, automation, and cloud operations, advance DevOps and SRE practices, mentor staff, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Eight+ years 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 related technical discipline, including experience leading technical teams.
• Proven Linux systems administration and production troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or comparable hyperscale cloud.
• Experience leading production operations involving monitoring, alerts, incidents, 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 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 support a distributed team of ~10 engineers for Linux and GCP infrastructure operations.
• Oversee daily production operations: monitoring, alerts, provisioning, incidents, service restoration.
• Provide technical leadership across Linux, GCP, automation, and cloud operations.
• Guide the team through high-priority incidents and complex troubleshooting.
• 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 including Gemini models and related AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop team capabilities through coaching, knowledge sharing, and cloud expertise expansion.
• Partner with AWS, Azure, engineering, security, and other technology teams to support Vanguard’s multi-cloud strategy.
• Evaluate operational trends, recurring incidents, and technology opportunities to improve resiliency and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Linux administration

GCP

IaC

DevOps

SRE

Cloud automation

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Job description

Vanguard Group in Wayne, PA is seeking a seasoned leader to head a geographically distributed team of approximately 10 engineers focused on Linux and Google Cloud infrastructure operations. You will drive daily production stability, monitor systems, respond to alerts, provision infrastructure, and manage incidents with business impact in mind.

You will provide technical direction across Linux, GCP, automation, and cloud operations, advance DevOps and SRE practices, mentor staff, and collaborate