Engineering-New York-Associate, Systems Engineering-10431261 New York · · Associate

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

Job summary

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in New York, NY seeks an Associate in Systems Engineering. The role focuses on building and optimizing the firm’s data infrastructure, datacenter design, networks, storage, and cloud-based solutions to ensure scalable, reliable applications.

You will automate testing, monitor performance, and apply ML insights to reduce incidents. Qualified candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering and at least three years in performance tuning, UNIX, Python, and database

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field.
• Three years of experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting, utilizing Oracle, log analysis.
• Experience with UNIX operating system, Shell scripting, or Python; SQL performance tuning; and database systems like DB2 or Sybase ASE.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the firm’s computer and data infrastructure.
• Identify internal hardware and implement cloud-based solutions for on-demand scaling.
• Automate testing processes, standards, and tools; monitor production incidents and risk; improve stability and performance.

Skills

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Log analysis

Requirements gathering

SDLC

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Oracle

DB2

Sybase ASE

UNIX

Shell scripting

Python

Microsoft Configuration Manager

Windows systems management

Job description

Job Duties:Associate, Systems Engineering withGoldman Sachs & Co. LLC inNew 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 Sybase 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.

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’ 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.

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