Cloud Security Engineer, Specialist

Location: Hyderabad, India

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.

Vanguard’s India Office

Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.

Role Summary

This role provides intermediate level technical support designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud security platforms and infrastructure data center networks. Identifies, resolves, or escalates hardware or software issues. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the engineer identifies vulnerabilities, enforces security controls, and enhances the overall cloud security posture.

Responsibilities

• Implements, and deploys security cloud platforms to support and mitigate security threats, risks and technology vulnerabilities. Identifies and recommends opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.

• Provides intermediate level technical support and monitors security technologies efficiency through the use of monitoring tools and applications. Maintains comprehensive technical knowledge of cloud software and infrastructure platforms.

• Develops technical standards, testing, log analysis and vulnerability assessments; evaluating and recommending on procedures used to mitigate risks.

• Trains and mentors staff and IT project teams, providing guidance and consultation as required. Updates, writes, and maintains documentation for the department.

• Administers systems by actively managing patching, routine maintenance and backups to include the scheduling and execution of related tasks. Evaluating system performance and capacity in a large distributed infrastructure environment

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

• Proactively prevent cyber threats including hacking, data breaches, and unauthorized access, ensuring protection of IT assets and intellectual property.

• Design, implement, and test secure operating systems, networks, and databases to protect infrastructure and sensitive organizational data.

• Perform in-depth risk assessments and security audits, delivering actionable recommendations for enhancing application and infrastructure security.

• Monitor system access logs and investigate anomalies or unauthorized access attempts that may indicate security breaches.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in cloud security and related field.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA), or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA).

• Strong knowledge of cloud security frameworks, best practices and compliance requirements.

• Experience in implementing security controls, intrusion detection and vulnerability assessments in cloud environments.

• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP and OCI, (a combination of Azure and GCP/OCI is highly preferred)

• Expertise in security monitoring, risk assessment and incident response for cloud-based infrastructures.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex security issues.

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and communicate security concepts effectively.

• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages for security operations is a plus.

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Our mission

Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Our commitment to you 

Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life: 

Financial wellness 
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs. 

Physical wellness 
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness. 

Personal wellness 
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life. 

How we work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.