Engineering - Dallas - Associate, Systems Engineering - 10424180 Dallas · · Associate

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs Services LLC in Dallas, Texas seeks an Associate in Systems Engineering to develop expertise across networks, storage, OS, databases, and software languages. You will design and implement public and private cloud-based solutions for scalable applications, and assist in automated testing, monitoring, and incident resolution.

The role emphasizes SDLC involvement, performance tuning, and problem analysis using logs and Oracle/DB2 databases.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree plus 1 year of Systems Engineering experience, or Bachelor’s with 3 years.
• Experience with Oracle, log analysis, or performance tuning.
• SDLC experience including requirements, design, coding, testing, release and support.
• Proficiency with UNIX, shell scripting, Python and database technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise across engineering domains including networks, storage, OS, databases, and software languages.
• Identify hardware needs and implement cloud-based public and private solutions for on-demand scaling.
• Assist in automated testing processes, standards, tools, and incident resolution.
• Monitor application health, performance, and risk in production; support change management.

Skills

Systems engineering

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

UNIX

Shell scripting

Python

Oracle/DB2

SQL performance tuning

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.

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

• We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected.
• We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’s priorities.

Health Services

• We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program.
• We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

• To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

• We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms.
• In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave.
• Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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