Senior Application Engineering Technical Lead

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Software Engineering
IT Management
Incident Management
UI
Root Cause Analysis
Continuous Improvement
Failure Analysis
Dashboard
Release Engineering
IaaS
Management
Amazon S3
Amazon RDS
Remote Desktop Services
Regulatory Compliance
Auditing
Documentation
Knowledge Sharing
Knowledge Transfer
AngularJS
Spring Framework
RESTful
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Jenkins
GitHub
Terraform
Splunk
Microservices
Docker
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Communication
Finance
Collaboration

Job Details

Key Responsibilities
  • Application Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement and optimize observability practices using Splunk, CloudWatch, Honeycomb, and Datadog
  • Proactively monitor performance and triage production issues across UI (Angular), backend (Spring Boot), and AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Perform deep-dive failure analysis using logs and dashboards. Collaborate with developers to deliver hotfixes and long-term stability solutions
  • Deployment & Release Engineering: Support CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Terraform. Validate releases in staging and production, ensuring rollback strategies are in place
  • Cloud Infrastructure Operations: Manage and optimize AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM). Drive cost-efficiency initiatives like right-sizing and serverless adoption
  • Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices and compliance standards. Support audits and implement controls for sensitive data
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides. Lead knowledge transfer sessions and foster team learning

Qualifications

Strong experience in Angular (v8+) , Spring Boot , and RESTful APIs

Proficiency in AWS services and cloud-native operations

Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform)

Expertise in monitoring/logging tools: Splunk, CloudWatch, Datadog

Solid understanding of microservices architecture and containerization ( Docker, ECS )

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Education & Experience

Minimum 5-8+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in development

Bachelor's degree or equivalent; Master's preferred

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.

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.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.