Cloud Engineer, Specialist

About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.

Vanguard’s India Office

Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.  

Role Summary

This role provides expert level technical support for the most critical projects. Troubleshoots, diagnoses, and resolves hardware or software issues for new and existing technologies and tools.Plans & develop technical standards and documentation, enforces security best practices, supports disaster recovery and collaborates with teams to align cloud solutions with business needs.

Responsibilites

• Plans and implements new technologies and major releases for the most critical enterprise-wide IT cloud platform projects. Designs, implements, and deploys cloud computing systems to support and meet business needs. Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.Provides expert level technical support and ensures reliable operation of cloud production. Diagnoses and troubleshoots the most complex issues for cloud computing systems on multiple platforms. Maintains comprehensive technical knowledge of software and infrastructure platforms.Develops technical standards. Tests and evaluates IT vendor products. Reviews configuration parameters to optimize system performance and maximize operation uptime
• Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule. Provides follow up production support. Submits change control requests and documents.
• Learns and understands client area business functions and requirements. Determines the appropriate technical tool to address the client's business needs.
• Trains and mentors more junior staff on processes and technologies. Troubleshoots and resolves the most complex issues elevated from staff. Provides guidance and consultation as required. Updates, writes, and maintains documentation for the department.
• Administers system activities. Writes the technical portion of assigned deliverables. Performs systems analysis, including system requirements analysis and definition, and logical design.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure security and compliance, including disaster recovery and backup strategies.
• Monitor and manage hybrid cloud environments and use automation to optimize deployment and scaling.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable cloud solutions aligned with business needs.
• Maintain clear and updated documentation on cloud architecture and system configurations.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure management, or cloud operations.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science/IT) or equivalent experience.
• Python (incl. Boto3), PowerShell
• AWS: Lambda, EC2, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM, S3, KMS, Secrets Manager (VGI), VPC, Route53, SNS
• AWS DMS, FSx
• GitHub (workflows / deployments)
• JSON
• Strong problem-solving and persistence
• Self-motivated, continuous learner
• Clear communication on technical issues
• Hands-on expertise with GitHub, Bitbucket/Bamboo, CI/CD, Pipeline Development, AWS, Cloud Platform Development, Cloud Application Development
• Experience Tech Lead, being able to informally coach and lead engineers/developers, Scrum/Agile methodologies
• Strong troubleshooting skills in cloud infrastructure, networking, security best practices, and performance optimization

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Our mission

Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to you 

Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life: 

Financial wellness 
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs. 

Physical wellness 
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness. 

Personal wellness 
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life. 

How we work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.