Platform Engineer, Specialist

The Vanguard Group • Wayne, PA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• 5 + years of cloud engineering experience, including at least 2 years working in GCP environ men t s building .
• Strong hands-on expertise with Gem ini, Compute Engine, Cloud Functions, VPC, IAM, GKE, and BigQuery .
• Experience building infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, or Deploy men t Manager.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Cloud Build.
• Solid understanding of Linux administration, networking, an d containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in cloud infrastructure, networking, security best practices, and performance optimization
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum develop men t environ men t s.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills .
• Excellent written and oral communication skills .

Nice To Haves

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer cer t ification.
• Familiarity with AWS or Azure cloud platforms.
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple problems simultaneously.
• Experience leading and men t o ring staff, technical support organizations.
• Experience with production readiness review process.

Responsibilities

• Design and imple men t Google Cloud and Gem ini solutions that meet business require men t s.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance to ensure uptime, reliability, and SLA compliance.
• Propose solution architectures and manage the deploy men t of cloud networking solutions according to customer require men t s and imple men t ation best practices.
• Is a key participant in new feature develop men t from an imple men tation perspective, working closely with leadership and occasionally product and engineering teams .
• Acts as an escalation point for Google Cloud and Gem ini imple men tation-related issues .
• Provide expert level Tier 3 technical infrastructure support services for issues elevated from other support and technical service organizations.
• Contribute to docu men t ation, automation scripts, and internal knowledge sharing to support continuous improve men t .
• Participate in special projects and performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level