Vanguard
Client-owned investment manager offering low-cost funds
AI/Automation Engineer - Unix/Linux Environment
Hybrid working model with in-person collaboration.
About the job
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in automation engineering, Linux/Unix administration, environment engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or application support.
- A bachelor's degree (B.E./B. Tech) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or a bachelor's in Computer Applications.
- Strong hands-on experience supporting and troubleshooting Linux/Unix environments.
- Experience developing automation solutions using shell scripting, including Bash and KornShell, Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience creating and maintaining automation playbooks, orchestration workflows, and scheduling solutions using Ansible/AWX Tower, Control-M, or comparable platforms.
- Experience with source code management and continuous integration/continuous delivery technologies including GitHub, SVN, Jenkins, Ansible/AWX Tower, and JFrog Artifactory.
- Knowledge of environment provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, release management, monitoring, and operational support processes.
- Experience developing environment health checks, operational dashboards, reporting solutions, and observability capabilities to measure system availability, reliability, and performance.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
- Experience supporting Java-based application environments and related technologies such as Apache and Tomcat.
- Experience collaborating with development, quality assurance, infrastructure, security, and operations teams.
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain automation solutions, scripting frameworks, and orchestration workflows for Linux/Unix environments.
- Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, software installation, application deployment, release management, validation, recovery, and maintenance activities across multiple platforms and technologies.
- Develop and support automation playbooks, continuous integration/continuous delivery integrations, and engineering toolchains using GitHub, SVN, Jenkins, Ansible/AWX Tower, Control-M, JFrog Artifactory, and related platforms.
- Engineer and maintain automated environment health checks, observability solutions, and availability dashboards that provide visibility into system stability, application performance, deployment health, operational readiness, and service reliability.
- Define, measure, and report reliability, availability, and operational metrics while implementing monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation capabilities.
- Provide advanced support for Linux/Unix environments and Java-based applications, troubleshoot complex environment, deployment, middleware, automation, and configuration issues, and implement permanent solutions with development and infrastructure teams.
- Analyze recurring incidents, operational challenges, deployment failures, and support activities to identify automation opportunities, reduce operational toil, improve service reliability, and accelerate issue resolution.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, automation standards, implementation guides, runbooks, dashboards, reports, and knowledge-sharing materials.
- Evaluate and implement emerging automation, observability, artificial intelligence, and engineering technologies to improve support processes, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.
- Collaborate with application development, quality assurance, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver automation solutions and improve platform stability.
- Train and mentor team members on automation technologies, scripting practices, operational best practices, and engineering-first problem-solving approaches.
- Participate in change management, release management, operational readiness reviews, and special projects.
- Experience with Splunk, ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Control-M, JFrog Artifactory, or similar enterprise engineering platforms.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization technologies, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, intelligent agents, process automation platforms, or operational analytics solutions.
- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles, observability, operational excellence, reliability engineering, and automated remediation practices.
About the company
Vanguard offers low-cost investment products and advisory services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions, including mutual funds, ETFs, IRAs, and 401(k) rollovers. It earns fees based on assets under management and is owned by the funds, which are ultimately owned by the investors, aligning its interests with clients. This client-owned structure helps keep costs down and emphasizes long-term wealth growth and careful risk management. The goal is to help clients achieve their financial goals through prudent investing and cost-efficient management.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
$11.2M
Headquarters
Kline Township, Pennsylvania
Founded
1975
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VOO pulled roughly $69 billion of 2026 net inflows, leading global ETFs.
- Vanguard launched three UCITS ETFs on August 23, 2026, widening international distribution.
- Vanguard and Itaú redesigned SPXI11 on August 21, 2026, expanding Brazil exposure.
What critics are saying
- The SEC fined Vanguard $18.2 million on January 17, 2025 for misleading TRF disclosures.
- A federal consumer lawsuit over Vanguard’s $100 exit fee survived scrutiny until February 2026.
- If Altruist integration fails, Fidelity and Schwab keep dominating advisor custody and distribution.
What makes Vanguard unique
- Client-owned structure keeps Vanguard optimizing fees, not external shareholder returns.
- VOO crossed $1 trillion NAV on June 2, 2026, proving unmatched scale.
- August 2026 Altruist deal extends Vanguard into advisor custody and workflow software.
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Onsite health clinic & fitness center
Health Smart Rewards program
Vanguard Retirement Savings Plan
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Family Planning Benefist
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Vanguard is pushing into Fidelity's turf.
Vanguard has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Altruist, an AI-forward wealth technology and custody platform serving financial advisors. The deal, expected to close later this year pending regulatory approvals, aims to expand access to financial advice by enabling advisors to serve more clients efficiently. Vanguard first invested in Altruist in 2020 to increase competition in the registered investment advisor custody space. Following the acquisition, Altruist will operate as a standalone business, retaining its leadership, brand, and operating model whilst gaining access to Vanguard's resources and investment expertise. The transaction terms were not disclosed. Altruist will continue focusing on providing integrated technology solutions for independent financial advisors, combining custody services with portfolio management tools.
Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF (VOO) attracted $4.3 billion during a week when the index fell 0.92%, extending its buy-the-dip pattern. The fund has pulled in roughly $69 billion in net inflows this year, more than any other ETF globally. VOO became the first ETF to cross $1 trillion in net asset value on 2 June 2026. It overtook SPY as the world's largest ETF early in 2025, aided by its 0.03% expense ratio versus SPY's 0.09%. The fund's top 10 positions control approximately 37.6% of total assets. Nvidia, its largest holding at 7.55%, reports earnings on 26 August. Apple, the second-largest position at 7.05%, faces a CEO transition on 1 September when John Ternus replaces Tim Cook.
Vanguard launches three global ETFs. 23 August 2026 Vanguard has expanded its UCITS ETF range with the launch of three new funds. The new ETFs will be listed on the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Borse, Euronext Amsterdam, Borsa Italiana and SIX Swiss Exchange. The Vanguard FTSE Global All-Cap UCITS ETF is designed to give investors broad exposure to the full investable equity market through a single fund, including large-, mid- and small-cap companies across developed and emerging markets. The Vanguard FTSE Global Small-Cap UCITS ETF provides a dedicated way to add global small-cap exposure, while the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US UCITS ETF offers an alternative for investors who already hold, or wish to manage separately, their US equity allocation, as well as investors who want broad exposure to developed and emerging markets outside the US. The new ETFs will sit alongside Vanguard's existing FTSE All-World UCITS ETF, which provides exposure to large- and mid-cap companies across developed and emerging markets and form part of Vanguard's broader expansion of its UCITS ETF range in 2026. Jon Cleborne, head of Vanguard Europe, said: "Investors want global equity portfolios that are simple to build, low-cost and flexible enough to meet different allocation needs. "With nearly half of all assets in the global equity UCITS ETF category, Vanguard has become a leading choice for investors seeking straightforward, low-cost global diversification. These new ETFs build on that strength by giving investors more choice in how they access global markets, whether through broad all-cap exposure, dedicated global small-cap exposure, or broad exposure to developed and emerging markets outside the US."