Domain Architect - Infrastructure, Senior Specialist at Vanguard
Wayne, PA 19087
About the Job
Bring inspiring technical leadership to a team that’s leading the way for investors!
At Vanguard, we are taking a stand for investors across the globe. As a Senior Workplace Operations Architect in our End User Production Services function, you’ll be working closely with teams of technologists responsible for keeping the business running: the endpoint environment, mobile platforms, collaboration technologies, and more. You will be working with teams across the globe to maximize the integration and efficacy of the technologies that our teams use to give investors the best chance for investment success.
As a Senior Architect supporting Endpoint and Workplace Operations environment, you will be working in a dynamic environment covering industry leading technologies all the way from end user support, to AI/ML, Observability, Automation and cloud infrastructure. You will bring an eye for vision, a passion for technical architectural leadership, and strong technical acumen to the table. In return, we’ll offer you the chance to grow personally and expertly. Are you ready to make a difference?
Impact you will make:
- Provide the vision, strategic direction, and initiative roadmap for enterprise-impacting, transformational, technology imperatives. To define the reference and implementation Architectures for enterprise-impacting, transformational, technology imperatives. To persuade and influences senior Business & IT leaders on the architectural direction for enterprise-wide, transformational, technology imperatives.
- The Endpoint Architect is a highly visible position to serve as part of a team to deliver engineering support services to Vanguard.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their mission and vision as well as end-user requirements and needs and translate them into technical requirements.
- Design, implement, and maintain large-scale infrastructure solutions to support AI and machine learning workloads.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation and standards for infrastructure configurations and procedures.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, applying this knowledge to continuously improve our infrastructure.
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure projects and initiatives.
- Ensure high availability, performance, and security of infrastructure solutions.
What it takes:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, preferred but not required.
- Minimum of 8-10+ years of experience in infrastructure operations/engineering experience, with a focus on endpoint support, Workplace Operations, Observability and Automation.
- Design, implement, and maintain large-scale infrastructure solutions leveragingAI/ML.
- Exceptional conceptual thinking and analysis skills, coupled with highly effective presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Expert conceptual knowledge leveraging architecture practices and implementation concepts.
- Specific experience in creating, maintaining and enhancing multi-year architecture plans.
- Demonstrated record of recommending successful architecture technology designs
- Experience conducting architecture reviews to assess impact of proposed systems and preparation of mitigationplans.
- Demonstrated coaching skills with other technical team members to further develop their technical skills and competencies.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, applying this knowledge to continuously improve our infrastructure.
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure projects and initiatives.
- Ensure high availability, performance, and security of infrastructure solutions.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.About Vanguard
We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.
For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.
We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.
Inclusion Statement
Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”
We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.
When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose.
Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
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.
