Technical Manager - Cloud Security Engineering

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy, protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g., assets and data), and stewards a strong risk culture.

Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights, deep expertise, and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster, stronger, risk-informed decisions.

Within GR&S, the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew, property, data, and client assets.

We are the trusted advisors that protect the pride of Vanguard with state-of-the-art security and fraud capabilities.

The Technical Manager - Cloud Security Engineering will manage and lead a team of technical security engineering experts as part of the DevSecOps program within Enterprise Security and Fraud.

This role will manage the life cycle of various inhouse and vendor DevSecOps security tools to perform SAST, Open-Source Vulnerability Scanning, Cloud application scanning, Runtime Scanning, etc.

Works closely with Sr. leaders, ES&F teams, Chief Technology Officer, and third-party vendors to define scope and requirements, and strategize, plan, and execute the DevSecOps Engineering roadmap.

Technical Manager - Cloud Security Engineering

• Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Works closely with management to develop and implement staffing and operational plans. Participates in the development of short- and long-term department goals.

Monitors and reports on service delivery metrics and overall performance.

Develops and implements changes to department policies and procedures to meet changing business needs and to achieve department objectives.

Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Leads quality initiatives to improve the delivery of service levels. Works with senior management in the planning, development, and execution of short- and long-range goals.
• Presents status, metrics, and department initiatives at meetings with management and project peers. Maintains relationships with technical teams, IT, security, and business partners.
• Ensures team complies with departmental and information security policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.
• Ensures the availability of DevSecOps Engineering tools and meets or exceeds ES&F objectives and goals.
• Builds proactive monitoring and alerting into the DSO Engineering tools and processes to minimize the downtime to developer community.

Works closely with other DevSecOps teams and CTO office to integrate existing and new DevSecOps tools into CICD pipelines.

• Works closely with other DevSecOps teams and leadership to bring application security scanning close to developers to enhance developer experience and increase productivity.
• Continuously evaluates the Vanguard’s application security scanning requirements, propose ideas / solutions, and work with leadership to bridge those gaps to protect Vanguard applications.
• Acts as an industry expert in application security practices and standards such as SAST, SCA, IAST, DAST, software-supply-chain, etc.

and guide the team to mature the DevSecOps program.

• Helps and guides the DevSecOps Engineering team towards the technology initiatives such as AI / ML scanning, software-supply-chain, Unified Vulnerability Management platform, etc.
• Identify the opportunities to automate the DevSecOps processes and guide the team to improve efficiency and achieve scalability.
• Have experience in one or more cloud providers (preferably AWS) and provides direction and guidance to team on cloud security engineering.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Special Factors

This is a hybrid role with Tues, Wed, Thurs in the office and Mon, Fri is remote.

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.