Key Responsibilities 

• Participates in designing, testing, coding, and reviewing software throughout product life cycle. 

• Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies. 

• Builds proactive monitoring and alerting into the Application Security tools and processes to minimize the downtime to the developer community. 

• Participates in on-call rotation. Resolves technical problems discovered by internal clients. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them. 

• Works closely with other Application Security teams and CTO to integrate existing and new security tools into CI/CD pipelines. 

• Works closely with other Application Security teams and leadership to bring application security scanning close to developers to enhance developer experience and increase productivity. 

• Identify opportunities to automate the Application Security processes and guide the team to improve efficiency and scalability. 

• Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.  

• Mentors junior team members and identifies training needs.  

• Writes documentation, including technical and client documentation. 

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

Qualifications 

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or equivalent combination of training and experience. 

• Strong experience with any modern programming language. 

• Strong knowledge of application development, build, and deployment processes. 

• Experience in one or more cloud providers and serverless platforms (preferably AWS). 

• Experience with well-known application security tools (SAST, SCA, IAST, RASP, etc). 

• Relevant certifications in application development, security, DevSecOps, or cloud are a plus. 

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.