Application Engineering Technical Lead
| Company | Vanguard |
|---|---|
| Location | Charlotte, NC, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum of eight years related work experience, with at least three years of development experience
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred
- Demonstrated ability to lead junior crew
- Ability to identify technical optimizations
- Advanced expertise with Javascript/Angular/Node
Responsibilities
- Provide expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provide technical expertise and complete complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
- Ensure the viability of IT deliverables. Recommend development options and approve the team’s technical deliverables. Conduct testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.
- Identify potential solutions and approve technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevate complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolve technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Respond to and resolve technical issues in a timely manner. Research issues and perform root cause analysis. Anticipate technology problems and prevent them.
- Communicate with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluate the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuade and influence others on ideas.
- Maintain a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentor IT staff and identify training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensure their usage by team members.
- Review and approve documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Write documentation, including technical standards and processes.
- Identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
- Participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participate as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Present technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
- Thoroughly understand and comply with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verify that deliverables meet requirements.
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with MFE architecture