Are you passionate about Data & Analytics and enabling technologies in AWS? Are you interested in enabling AWS ETL Services for enterprise use?

The CDAO’s vision is that we will enable Vanguard to be a data and AI driven organization by building a culture and ecosystem that drives business outcomes using data, analytics, and AI/ML at scale while adhering to our privacy obligations to protect our client’s information. The CDAO is driving initiatives in the Insights pillar of our Enterprise Technology Strategy (ETS).

Product architect works closely with product owner(s) and product team(s) in the definition of roadmap and architecture for a product according to business strategies and enterprise architecture framework. This position will partner with product owner and product team in delivering data transformation capabilities by enabling modern technology solutions in cloud.

Primarily this product team will focus on enhancing and enabling AWS Services like Data Wrangler, Databrew, Data Fabric technologies and Boomi ETL services.

This role will provide expert level IT architecture and technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies. The Product Architect owns the architectural decisions for the team and this role is the visionary force behind the technical solutions for business problems.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Owns the ongoing product technical roadmaps and architecture in alignment with business strategies and objectives

2. Collaborates with the broader architecture community to ensure that their products align with target architectures and technology roadmaps and provides input on required platform capabilities and improving development tools/processes

3. Works with other product teams, technology experts, and business stakeholders to provide functional support

4. Assists in the evaluation of vendors and products and participates in build vs. buy discussions with the product teams

5. Acts as highest-level technical expert, resolving issues, assessing any potential risks and identifying solutions

6. Provides technical guidance to product team(s) as appropriate

7. Performs feasibility analysis on potential future projects

8. Assists in the development of and management of architecture governance process(es)

9. Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies

10. Prepares and presents product-related documentation

11. Mentors less experienced crew members and contributes to overall development of the organization

12. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of technology architect or technical lead experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Additional/Preferred Qualifications:

1. Strong, demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills.

2. Broad knowledge of the financial services industry and analytics ecosystem.

3. Experience and expertise in engineering products using modern cloud-based services and platforms such as Data Wrangler, Data Fabric, Data virtualization, EMR or Glue ETL, Glue Catalog, S3, Python, SQL, and other adjacent tools used for data exploration such as AWS Athena and Presto.

4. Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, and Infrastructure as code utilizing tools such as Atlassian Bamboo, Github Actions, AWS Cloud Formation, pytest, Cucumber, Splunk, AWS Cloudwatch and other testing and monitoring tools.

5. Expert knowledge of the following technical lead practices and concepts:

• Full product life cycle
• IT vendor product assessment
• Architecture design
• Wide range of cloud and emerging technologies within technical specialty
• Performance and stress testing; resiliency and highly availability
• Security architecture and cost optimization techniques
• Quality assurance methodology and Inspections
• Technical standards and deliverables
• Migration and integration
• Estimating, including design, development/purchase, and installation
• Production acceptance (including elevations), data modeling, data sharing, reusable components, and related advanced development practices

7. Strong written and oral communication skills

8. AWS Certification is a plus

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.

Future of Work

During the pandemic, we transitioned to a work from home model for the majority of our crew and we continue to interview, hire, and on-board future crew remotely.

As we have developed the path forward, we have taken a thoughtful approach that both maximizes the advantages of working remotely and the many benefits of coming together and collaborating in a shared workspace. We believe that in-person interactions among our crew are important for preserving our unique culture and advantageous for the personal development of our crew.

When our Crew return to the office, many will work in our hybrid model. A smaller proportion of our crew will operate in the Work from Home work model (for example, field sales crew); or in the Work from Office model (for example, portfolio managers).

The working model that your role falls into will be communicated to you in the interview process – please do ask if you are unsure. We encourage you to make the decision regarding your job interview and offer knowing which model your role will fall into. We will test and learn as our ways of working evolve and will continue to evaluate working models along the way.