Minimum of five years of experience, including two years in cloud services development.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience; graduate degree in Computer Science preferred.
Experience in software/application engineering, cybersecurity, technology risk, or related fields.
Proven ability to analyze complex technical issues and provide actionable recommendations.
Strong collaboration skills with engineering and cybersecurity teams to influence outcomes.
Demonstrated independence in navigating ambiguous problems and exercising sound judgment.
Excellent communication skills for conveying technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Responsibilities
Establish credibility with technical teams through effective questioning and constructive challenges.
Translate risk signals into clear priorities and actionable next steps.
Identify opportunities to enhance risk practices and workflows.
Analyze complex technology risk information and provide practical recommendations.
Investigate ambiguous technical-risk issues and synthesize information from various sources.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand technical exposures and remediation options.
Support technology-risk activities through technical analysis and development of trackable actions.
Benefits
Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
Professional development opportunities and training.
Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
Full Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
Establish credibility with technical teams by understanding context, asking effective questions, and constructively challenging assumptions.
Translate risk signals into clear priorities, treatment options, ownership, and actionable next steps.
Identify recurring conditions and opportunities to improve risk practices, analytics, tooling, automation, guidance, or workflows.
Analyze complex technology and security risk information and translate findings into clear priorities and practical recommendations.
Independently investigate ambiguous technical-risk issues, synthesize information from multiple sources, evaluate tradeoffs, and recommend appropriate actions.
Partner across engineering, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, risk, and operational teams to understand technical exposure, remediation constraints, dependencies, and treatment options.
Help technology teams reduce risk by clarifying priorities, navigating barriers, and identifying actionable remediation approaches.
Analyze risk data to identify trends, concentrations, recurring conditions, and areas requiring additional attention.
Support technology-risk and control activities through technical analysis, interpretation of requirements, clarification of ownership, and development of trackable actions.
Influence outcomes across organizational boundaries and identify opportunities to improve risk practices, analytics, tooling, automation, guidance, and workflows.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum of five years of experience, with two years cloud services development experience.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree in Computer Science preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in software or application engineering, cybersecurity, technology risk, infrastructure or cloud engineering, vulnerability management, technical program delivery, or a related technical discipline.
Experience analyzing complex technical or technology-risk issues and translating findings into risk implications, recommendations, or remediation actions.
Experience partnering across engineering, cybersecurity, technology, risk, or operational teams to solve complex problems and influence outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to work independently through ambiguous problems, analyze technical information and data, exercise sound judgment, and develop actionable recommendations.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical and risk concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior hands-on experience in software development, scripting, automation, application engineering, security engineering, or related technical work.
Experience across multiple technology domains, such as application or software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud or infrastructure, vulnerability management, or technology risk.
Experience supporting technical-risk remediation, risk or control assessments, application security, vulnerability management, or broader risk-reduction initiatives.
Experience using analytics, automation, visualization, or AI-enabled tools to investigate technical issues, generate insights, or improve workflows.
Special Factors
Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
