Join our Automation IT team as a subject matter expert (SME) to help drive innovation and operational excellence for the OGC business. The team specializes in identifying tedious and time-consuming processes and delivering scalable, automated solutions to automate them, saving significant effort, reducing risks, and provide measurable business value.
Our primary tools include UiPath and Microsoft power platforms (e.g., Power apps/automate), but we also leverage and support other technologies/products built using PowerShell, Python, Web front end stacks, AWS technologies, and other tools as needed. As automation and AI capabilities continue to evolve and converge, you'll play a key role in exploring and applying these advancements.
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Job Summary:
This Engineer's primary role will be to perform the responsibilities of a developer in an automation engineering team that supports the OGC Team. Developers in this team collaborate closely with the OGC business stakeholders to understand their use cases, clearly articulate business benefits, design solutions that can deliver those benefits, implement, and operationalize them. You will leverage your expertise in UiPath and other technologies to design and implement solutions, measure business value, and help the team prepare for AI-driven innovations in 2025 and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand use cases, and identify opportunities for automation.
- Business Value Articulation: Clearly articulate the business value of proposed automation solutions and approach to measure it, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Solution Design: Design robust, scalable and highly maintainable automation solutions that meet the needs of the business.
- Implementation: Develop, test, and deploy automation solutions using industry-standard tools and best practices.
- Operationalization: Ensure smooth transition of automation solutions into operational use, including training, documentation, and ongoing support.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitor and assess the performance of automation solutions, adjusting and improvements as needed. Leverage and continuously help develop best practices, standards, and frameworks.
- Compliance and Security: Ensure all automation solutions comply with legal, regulatory, and security requirements.
- Operational Excellence Maturity: Ensure all solutions that the developer builds in built with all operational excellence capabilities such as availability management to ensure it has the right level of maturity before it is operationalized.
- Research and Innovation: Staying updated on the latest technological advancements and automation industry trends to recommend and implement innovative solutions. Evaluate how latest technologies (such as Generative AI and AI/ML) can be leveraged to gain significant efficiency within OGC teams.
- Stay updated on AI and automation advancements, contributing to the team's strategy for adopting AI-driven capabilities in 2025 and beyond.
- Document solutions, create reusable components, and establish best practices to enhance solution scalability and maintainability.
- Train and mentor team members in automation technologies and methodologies.
Skills and qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience as a developer within an IT team.
- Proven Experience in translating business outcomes into technical requirements, designing, and implementing solutions to deliver those outcomes.
- Strong expertise in UiPath with a proven track record of delivering automation solutions (E.G. RE Framework, Document Understanding, Orchestrator).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft power suits (E.G. Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, MS Forms, SharePoint).
- Expert knowledge in object-oriented programming language such as Python and scripting language such as PowerShell/VB.
- Expert knowledge of AWS technologies: CloudFront, EC2, S3, ECS, IAM, Dynamo, Lambda
- Working knowledge of frontend development technologies (such as .net, JavaScript, HTML5, React JS, Angular)
- Experience creating and working with CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, GitHub etc.
- Proven track record in staying informed on emerging technology architecture, products and concepts and upskilling on them quickly.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to consult with business stakeholders, identify requirements, and build consensus.
- Ability to quantify business value, establish key performance indicators (KPIs), and measure the impact of automation solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
- Experience in creating documentation, reusable components, and best practices.
- Experience working with different types of APIs. (Rest/GraphQL)
- Enthusiasm to understand/learn and apply emerging architecture and technology concepts.
- Should have an innovative mindset enabling the person to suggest tweaks to make existing automations more efficient and suggest enhancements that could make the automation more impactful.
- Ability to work across a broad range of technology opportunities and learn new concepts quickly.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities to identify and address complex business challenges.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to work effectively with Product Owners, business, architects, and developers.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to multi-task.
- Ability to effectively work through ambiguity and changes.
- Strong track record in delivering exceptional outcomes independently while working as a team.
- Strong Agile delivery and methodology (Scrum/Kanban/Lean) experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience as a developer within an IT team.
- Proven Experience in translating business outcomes into technical requirements, designing, and implementing solutions to deliver those outcomes.
- Strong expertise in UiPath with a proven track record of delivering automation solutions (E.G. RE Framework, Document Understanding, Orchestrator).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft power suits (E.G. Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, MS Forms, SharePoint).
- Expert knowledge in object-oriented programming language such as Python and scripting language such as PowerShell/VB.
- Expert knowledge of AWS technologies: CloudFront, EC2, S3, ECS, IAM, Dynamo, Lambda
- Working knowledge of frontend development technologies (such as .net, JavaScript, HTML5, React JS, Angular)
- Experience creating and working with CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, GitHub etc.
- Proven track record in staying informed on emerging technology architecture, products and concepts and upskilling on them quickly.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to consult with business stakeholders, identify requirements, and build consensus.
- Ability to quantify business value, establish key performance indicators (KPIs), and measure the impact of automation solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
- Experience in creating documentation, reusable components, and best practices.
- Experience working with different types of APIs. (Rest/GraphQL)
- Enthusiasm to understand/learn and apply emerging architecture and technology concepts.
- Should have an innovative mindset enabling the person to suggest tweaks to make existing automations more efficient and suggest enhancements that could make the automation more impactful.
- Ability to work across a broad range of technology opportunities and learn new concepts quickly.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities to identify and address complex business challenges.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to work effectively with Product Owners, business, architects, and developers.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to multi-task.
- Ability to effectively work through ambiguity and changes.
- Strong track record in delivering exceptional outcomes independently while working as a team.
- Strong Agile delivery and methodology (Scrum/Kanban/Lean) experience.
- Nice to Haves
- Certifications: Relevant certifications in automation tools (e.g., UiPath Certified Professional).
- Familiarity with AI capabilities in UiPath, Microsoft products, or other tools.
- Understanding of the convergence between AI and automation and its potential applications.
- Experience with other automation tools and platforms.
- Experience with various generative AI tools such as Writer/Coveo.
- Knowledge of AWS services relevant to automation and AI.
- Prior experience in the OGC or legal/compliance domain.
- Legal and Compliance Industry Experience: Previous experience working in or with legal and compliance departments or firms.
- Data Analytics: Experience with data analytics and reporting tools.
- Experience integrating applications with AI/ML models to generate business outcomes.
- Experience in implementing solutions powered by Generative AI models.
- Experience creating BI dashboards using Tableau and Power BI.
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.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Vanguard's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive, equitable, and diverse-one that enables our employees, whom we call crew, to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients.
Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization, and everyone shares accountability for our progress-from our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences.
Together, we're on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of care-for our clients, our communities, and each other.
Vanguard's DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring, and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI, download our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report .
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.