Engineering Division - Dallas - Associate, Security Engineering - 10427737

The Goldman Sachs Group; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in Dallas, TX seeks an Associate, Security Engineering to drive security by design across the SDLC. You will assess business projects, implement controls, and guide engineering teams on secure architectures across on‑prem and cloud environments.

Responsibilities include threat hunting, developing detections for SIEM/EDR, and delivering insights to senior stakeholders. Collaboration with global teams and a focus on APT protection are essential.

Qualifications

• Design and audit technical security controls for enterprise-scale on-prem and cloud architectures.
• Perform structured attack surface analysis and threat modeling.
• Lead security risk assessments aligned with NIST CSF or CIS Controls.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to Shift Left security in SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Perform security assessments of business initiatives and technologies to drive adoption of security controls.
• Advise on engineering solutions to protect firm networks and cloud architectures (AWS/Azure).
• Review security controls across systems to identify gaps and drive mitigations.
• Collaborate with global teams to enhance detection with logging telemetry and SIEM/EDR tuning.
• Conduct threat hunting missions using threat intel and telemetry analysis.
• Develop detection strategies and incident response playbooks to defend against APTs.
• Present forensic analyses and post-mortems to senior stakeholders and engineers.
• Lead deployment of security sensors and logging configurations for full visibility to SOC.

Skills

Threat hunting

Incident response

Security architecture

Threat intelligence

SDLC security

Security controls

Collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Cyber Security

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security

Tools

AWS

Azure

SIEM

EDR

MISP

Job description

Job Duties:

Associate, Security Engineering with Goldman Sachs Services LLC in Dallas, Texas. Perform security assessments of business-initiated projects and technologies (e.g., python-based web stacks) to drive the adoption of application and infrastructure security controls, ensuring security and privacy by design. Partner with technical teams on major technology initiatives to ensure security and \"detection by design\" principles are integrated at the outset of the system development lifecycle (SDLC). Advise on engineering solutions to protect the firm's network and Cloud architectures (e.g., AWS or Azure) from security risks related to web services, mobile applications, and client/server environments. Review security controls across diverse systems to identify gaps and drive the implementation of technical mitigations, including cryptographic implementations and data model assessments. Collaborate with global teams to enhance detection effectiveness by providing technical input on sensory tool uplift, logging telemetry, and the tuning of SIEM/EDR detection logic. Execute hypothesis-driven threat hunting missions across enterprise infrastructure to identify undetected malicious activity using threat intelligence and statistical analysis (e.g., stack counting, outlier detection). Develop detection strategies and incident response playbooks to protect the firm from advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting hybrid environments and mobile applications. Convey complex forensic and threat analyses via comprehensive presentations and incident post-mortems to senior stakeholders and engineering teams. Drive the implementation and optimization of security sensors and logging configurations across various platforms by collaborating with technology infrastructure teams to ensure full visibility for the SOC.

Job Requirements:

Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, 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, Electrical Engineering, 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: designing and auditing technical security controls for enterprise-scale on-premise and Cloud-based architectures, including network segmentation, firewall optimization, and least-privilege enforcement; utilizing industry-standard frameworks, such as MITRE CVE and CVSS to identify, classify, prioritize and drive the remediation of application and infrastructure vulnerabilities through technical controls; performing structured attack surface analysis to identify potential entry points and threat vectors and implementing technical mitigation strategies to harden systems during deployment; conducting comprehensive security risk assessments and maturity gap analyses aligned with industry-standard frameworks such as NIST CSF or CIS Controls; collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams during the design phase to integrate security requirements and \"Shift Left\" principles into the system development lifecycle (SDLC); and developing custom detections for SIEM/EDR platforms and executing proactive threat hunting missions using threat intelligence (e.g., MISP, industry collaborations) and deep analysis of security telemetry and logs.

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