App Engineering Tech Lead II

Security Engineering 

• Lead technical delivery and lifecycle management for physical security applications, servers, middleware, databases, and related infrastructure. 

• Review and approve solution architecture, technical designs, system configurations, and implementation approaches. 

• Ensure solutions align with enterprise IT, cybersecurity, risk, regulatory, and operational requirements. 

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions aligned with Vanguard’s enterprise security strategy and architecture standards. 

• Establish and maintain engineering standards, reference architectures, configuration baselines, and technical documentation. 

Implementation, Integration & Automation 

• Lead the deployment, configuration, upgrade, and integration of physical security technologies across global locations. 

• Provide technical oversight for access control, video management, intrusion detection, visitor management, and connected security devices. 

• Design, develop, and support APIs, interfaces, and automated workflows between physical security platforms and enterprise systems, including identity and HR services, network services, databases, and service management tools. 

• Coordinate implementation activities with internal technology teams, Global Security stakeholders, and authorized third-party partners. 

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-enabled, API-driven, and automated security technology solutions that improve scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency. 

• Validate solutions through structured testing, technical acceptance, and production-readiness reviews. 

Operational Reliability & Support 

• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for global physical security applications, integrations, and supporting services. 

• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across application, database, operating system, middleware, and network layers. 

• Lead root cause analysis and drive sustainable corrective and preventive actions. 

• Engineer for availability, resilience, recoverability, performance, and supportability. 

• Support incident, problem, change, release, and configuration management processes. 

• Maintain accurate system inventories, support procedures, architecture artifacts, and operational documentation. 

Modernization & Continuous Improvement 

• Monitor developments in physical security, cloud, automation, cybersecurity, and enterprise technology. 

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve quality, reliability, security, efficiency, and user experience. 

• Lead or contribute to platform modernization, lifecycle remediation, and technology migration initiatives. 

• Participate in system testing, validation, control assessments, and lifecycle inspections. 

• Develop reusable engineering practices, mentor engineers, and promote technical excellence through knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. 

Cross-Functional Leadership 

• Partner with Global Security, application, infrastructure, network, database, cloud, cybersecurity, identity, and service management teams. 

• Provide technical direction during project planning, design reviews, upgrades, migrations, and operational transitions. 

• Translate complex technical topics into clear impacts, risks, options, and recommendations for stakeholders and leadership. 

• Manage technical dependencies and coordinate delivery with product vendors, service providers, and authorized security integrators. 

• Contribute to special projects and other responsibilities as assigned. 

Qualifications Required 

• Minimum of eight years of related experience, including at least three years supporting system integrations, automation, software development, or scripting solutions. 

• Undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of training and experience. 

• Experience with enterprise physical security platforms such as Genetec Security Center, Software House C•CURE, enterprise video management systems, Envoy Visitor Management, or similar technologies. 

• Demonstrated experience engineering and supporting enterprise applications in complex, highly available environments. 

• Working knowledge of application architecture, APIs, databases, operating systems, networks, authentication, and cybersecurity controls. 

• Experience leading technical troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and lifecycle or modernization initiatives. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

Preferred 

• Graduate degree. 

• Relevant technical, cloud, cybersecurity, networking, or physical security certifications. 

• Experience integrating physical security systems with identity, HR, IT service management, asset management, or monitoring platforms. 

• Experience working with global teams, vendors, and systems integrators in a regulated enterprise environment.