Site Reliability Engineering Lead, Specialist
About the role
We are seeking an experienced engineer with broad, end-to-end software development experience, including operating applications in a microservices environment in production at scale. This role goes beyond feature implementation – it requires someone who can design, build, and support resilient systems from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Improve resiliency engineering practices across platforms and applications, including resilient application design patterns, system observability and deployment strategies
- Incident detection, troubleshooting, and resolution
- Develop automation for incident response and infrastructure management
- Develop and support OpenTelemetry integrations for multiple application platforms (browser, ECS, lambda, etc) and languages (JavaScript, Java)
- Contribute to architectural decisions and support implementation of solutions
Qualifications
- Expertise in JavaScript (server-side and client-side execution environments) or Java
- Working knowledge of Python (or similar scripting language)
- Strong knowledge of resiliency engineering techniques for both platforms and applications
- Experience troubleshooting complex production issues and implementing effective mitigations
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry specification and core APIs
- Practical experience developing and operating software in distributed systems environments
Skills
- Expertise in JavaScript (server-side and client-side execution environments) or Java
- Working knowledge of Python (or similar scripting language)
- Strong knowledge of resiliency engineering techniques for both platforms and applications
- Experience troubleshooting complex production issues and implementing effective mitigations
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry specification and core APIs
- Practical experience developing and operating software in distributed systems environments
Benefits
Vanguard offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Financial wellness
- Physical wellness
- Personal wellness
Pay
The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 annually.
Schedule
This role is available on a hybrid schedule.
Special Factors
Sponsorship: Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
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.
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