About the role
What will you do at Vanguard?
Responsibilities
- Designs, implements, and deploys platforms to support and meet business needs.
- Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.
- Develops technical standards.
- Tests and evaluates technologies vendor products.
- Recommends vendor selections and new technologies.
- Deploy, configure, and support Citrix host pools, session hosts, application groups, and workspaces.
- Perform day‑to‑day platform administration, including scaling activities, host maintenance, and service health checks.
- Support gold image creation and maintenance using existing image pipelines.
- Support FSLogix profile containers, including configuration, performance troubleshooting, and storage access issues.
- Participate in improving repeatability, reliability, and documentation of deployment processes.
- Monitor Citrix health, performance, and capacity using dashboards and AWS monitoring tools.
- Work closely with senior engineers, architects, and cross‑functional teams (networking, security, endpoint, service desk).
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
- Required
Qualifications
- Minimum of 8+ years related work experience, with Citrix virtualization products.
- Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Minimum of 5+ years of AWS experience. 5+ years of experience supporting Windows desktop/server and Virtualization Platforms required.
- Hands‑on experience with Citrix, Citrix Saas and AWS required.
- Working knowledge of AWS fundamentals: compute, networking, storage required.
- Experience with FSLogix profile management.
- Familiarity with Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, and MFA concepts preferred.
- Experience with automation tools (PowerShell, Terraform, or similar) required.
- Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills required.
- 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. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.
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