Engineering-New York-Associate, Systems Engineering-10431261

Goldman Sachs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an Associate, Systems Engineering in New York, NY to develop expertise across engineering domains, including datacenter design, networks, storage, grid compute, operating systems, databases, and cloud-based solutions to enable on-demand scaling of the firm's applications.

You will contribute to automated testing, data mining, incident review, and performance monitoring, while applying ML techniques to automate failures and improve stability, disaster recovery planning,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in CS/CE/EE or related field with three years of experience in role.
• Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting application issues using Oracle, code debugging, or log analysis.
• SDLC experience including requirements, design, coding, testing, release and support.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise across engineering domains including datacenter design, networks, storage, grid compute, OS, databases, and cloud solutions.
• Identify and resolve application issues, document repetitive resolutions, and support service performance.
• Automate testing, monitoring, and reporting to improve stability and incident response.

Skills

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

UNIX shell scripting

Python

SQL performance tuning

SDLC

Windows systems management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oracle

DB2

Sybase ASE

Microsoft Configuration Manager

Job description

Job Description

Associate, Systems Engineering with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in New York, New York. Develop expertise across all Engineering, including datacenter design, networks, storage, grid compute, operating systems, databases, communications, market data 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 mining and machine learning 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

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and three (3) years of experience in job offered or related role.
• Prior work experience must include three (3) years with: performance tuning and troubleshooting application issues utilizing Oracle, code debugging, or log analysis; software development using UNIX operating system, Shell scripting, or Python; designing and supporting database systems utilizing technologies such as DB2 or Sybrand ASE; 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.

Salary Range: Annual base salary for this New York, New York-based position is $138,000 - $166,000.

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