Engineering - Dallas - Associate, Systems Engineering - 10424180

Socket.dev; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Services LLC in Dallas, Texas seeks an Associate, Systems Engineering to develop expertise across networks, storage, OS, databases, and software languages. You will design and implement cloud-based solutions for scalable applications and help automate testing, monitoring, and recovery processes.

Applicants should have a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 1–3 years’ experience, plus hands-on work with Oracle, DB2, UNIX, Python, and shell scripting.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (US or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or related field with 1 year of relevant experience.
• Or Bachelor’s degree in same fields with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Oracle, DB2, UNIX, Python, and shell scripting.
• Familiarity with SDLC including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, release, and support.
• Ability to analyze SQL performance and disaster recovery planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise across networks, storage, operating systems, databases, and software languages.
• Design and develop infrastructure using public and private cloud-based solutions for on-demand scaling.
• Create automated testing processes, standards, tools to ensure smooth operations.
• Apply data analysis to identify and react to infrastructure problems.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve application issues via log analysis and debugging.
• Develop and monitor reports to track application health and support performance.
• Monitor production risk and change management processes.
• Improve stability and performance via automation and machine-learning driven analyses.
• Review production incidents and coordinate with users, owners, vendors and stakeholders.
• Contribute to business continuity planning and disaster recovery and contingency planning.

Skills

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Machine learning concepts

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Tools

Oracle

DB2

UNIX

Python

Shell scripting

Microsoft Configuration Manager

Job description

Job Duties

Associate, Systems Engineering with Goldman Sachs Services LLC in Dallas, Texas. Develop expertise across all Engineering, including, networks, storage, operating systems, databases, communications, and software languages. Contribute to the design and development of the firm’s computer and data infrastructure by identifying internal hardware and implementing public and private cloud-based solutions to provide seamless on-demand scaling of the firm's applications. Assist in the creation of automated testing processes, standards, solutions and tools to ensure smooth operation of the firm’s businesses. Apply data analysis techniques to identify and react to problems in the firm’s infrastructure and platforms. Identify, analyze, and resolve application issues by documenting repetitive error resolutions and minimizing operational errors. Assist in developing and monitoring reports to track and manage application health and support application service performance. Assist in monitoring risk in the production environment and change management processes. Help to improve application stability and performance by automating failures using machine learning techniques and analyzing discrepancies and trends. Review and assess production incidents and communicate with users, applications owners, vendors, and internal and external stakeholders. Develop sustainable systems and services through automation, performance tuning and database queries. Assist with business continuity planning and disaster recovery and plan appropriate contingency plans.

Job Requirements

Master’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or related field and one (1) year of experience in job offered or related Systems Engineering role OR Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or related field and three (3) years of experience in job offered or related Systems Engineering role. Prior employment must include one (1) year of experience (with a Master’s) OR three (3) years of experience (with a Bachelor’s) with: performance tuning and troubleshooting application issues utilizing Oracle, code debugging, or log analysis; software development using UNIX operating system, Shell scripting, or Python; supporting database systems utilizing technologies such as DB2; working with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering, design, prioritization, coding testing, release, and support; SQL performance, tuning, and diagnosing potential performance issues by analyzing query execution plans and setting up disaster recovery; and performing systems management for Windows platforms such as Microsoft Configuration Manager or comparable enterprise systems management products.

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