Job Duties: Associate, Security Engineering with Goldman Sachs Services LLC in Dallas, Texas. Design, develop, and maintain scalable batch and streaming pipelines to collect, transform, enrich, and load large volumes of security data across on-premises data centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments. Develop and optimize data models, schemas, and data warehouse structures to support real-time alerting, incident response, analytical reporting, and data science initiatives related to cyber threat detection. Implement data quality monitoring, alerting, and observability to ensure reliable, accurate, and uninterrupted data pipelines. Develop and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and delivery of data applications and infrastructure. Deploy, administer, and scale data systems and infrastructure using container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes to support high-availability, fault-tolerant data processing at enterprise scale. Perform security assessments of business-initiated projects to enforce secure design, including data models, cryptography, and regulatory compliance. Perform application vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and code/architecture reviews for web applications. Identify security gaps and advise on controls for client/server, cloud, web, and mobile systems, including third‑party integrations against firm policies and standards. Partner with global security teams to enhance telemetry, detection tools, and overall cyber defense capabilities. Research, evaluate and implement data engineering and security tools through proof‑of‑concepts and recommend solutions that improve platform capabilities, scalability, and efficiency. Collaborate cross‑functionally to define data requirements, manage data streams, and resolve platform issues. Contribute to architecture decisions and communicate technical insights, risks, and status clearly.
Job Requirements: Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related Security Engineering role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a related Security Engineering role. Prior work experience must include one (1) year of experience (with a Master’s degree) or three (3) years of experience (with a Bachelor’s degree) with each of the following: technical understanding of both application and infrastructure architecture and security (on premise and Cloud); working with application security best practices including OWASP and CWE; working with application security vulnerabilities and controls to remediate risks; assessing and mitigating software security threat vectors, threat modeling, attack surface analysis, security design reviews, source code reviews, penetration testing or vulnerability assessments; working in shift left environment to help embed security in Design phase to implement security controls within system architecture; conducting infrastructure or application security risk assessments; and design, development, and optimization of large-scale distributed data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines using Apache Kafka, Apache Spark (batch and streaming), SQL, and Python, including data modeling and schema design across platforms such as Trino, Hive, and BigQuery.
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Skills Required
- Master's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field with 1 year of relevant experience OR Bachelor's degree in relevant field with 3 years of relevant experience.
- Technical understanding of both application and infrastructure architecture and security (on-premise and Cloud).
- Experience with application security best practices including OWASP and CWE.
- Experience identifying and remediating application security vulnerabilities, threat modeling, attack surface analysis, security design reviews, source code reviews, penetration testing, or vulnerability assessments.
- Experience embedding security in design (shift-left) and conducting infrastructure or application security risk assessments.
- Design, development, and optimization of large-scale distributed data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines using Apache Kafka and Apache Spark (batch and streaming).
- Proficiency with SQL and Python for data processing and ETL.
- Experience with data modeling and schema design across platforms such as Trino, Hive, and BigQuery.
- Experience deploying, administering, and scaling data systems using container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and delivery of data applications and infrastructure.
- Experience working with AWS cloud environments and on-premises data centers.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life and accident insurance, with multiple plan options and most premiums subsidized; coverage often starts on day one. Wellness resources, on-site health centers in some locations, and EAP access reinforce the depth of health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family care includes on-site childcare in some offices, expectant parent resources, and transitional programs for returning parents. Feedback suggests parental leave is very generous, with reports of around 20 weeks paid leave and stipends for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility-related services.
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Retirement Support — The firm provides a 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions and broad financial education to help employees plan for retirement. Resources also support saving for education and preparing for unexpected events.
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