Platform Solutions-Richardson- Associate, Security Engineering- 10446228

The Goldman Sachs Group; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Goldman Sachs Bank USA in Richardson, Texas seeks an Associate, Security Engineering to perform security assessments and promote secure practices across business projects. You will evaluate data models, cryptographic implementations, and privacy-by-design considerations to ensure regulatory and firm policy alignment.

Work with a global cyber program to uplift detection tools, enhance risk assessments, and provide guidance on securing client/server, cloud, and on‑premise architectures.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, CS, or CE with related field and experience in compliance and risk.
• Assist on evidence collection for SOC1, CCPA, etc., and support control gap assessments.
• Analyze risk using standards like NIST to determine GAP risk in security controls.

Responsibilities

• Perform security assessments of business-initiated projects and promote security controls and best practices.
• Advise on security-by-design across networks, cloud, web services and mobile apps.
• Review controls for designs and identify security gaps; communicate risks to developers.

Skills

Security risk assessment

Regulatory compliance

Threat modeling

Data privacy

Education

Master's degree in Cyber Security or related field

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security or related field

Tools

Splunk

MS Excel

Job description

Job Duties: Associate, Security Engineering with Goldman Sachs Bank USA in Richardson, Texas. Responsible for performing security assessments of business-initiated projects helping to drive adoption of application and infrastructure security controls and best practices. Ensure security and privacy by design, including design process improvements, assessment of controls, data models, cryptographic implementation, and compliance and regulatory needs. Advise on leading edge engineering to protect the firm's network from security risks related to client/server architectures, Cloud architectures, web services and mobile applications. Conduct risk reviews of 3rd party system integrations against firm policies and standards. Collaborate with the global team to continually operate and improve a world-class cyber program by providing input into the uplift of sensory tools, detection tuning, and access to data sources to increase detection effectiveness. Review security controls and how they apply to different designs and systems in order to identify security gaps. Highlight and articulate risk to developers or engineers.

Job Requirements: Master's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or a related role OR Bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a related 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: assisting on gathering evidence for compliance & control gap assessments such as SOC1, CCPA, ETC; assisting on analyzing & grading risk in the regulatory framework such as NIST to determine the level of risk associated with GAPs identified; analyzing potential security vulnerabilities on tools or components, such as Windows Servers, Active Directory, Azure or AWS Cloud, and on-premises software and systems; analyzing performance and design for security controls implemented in the hybrid, public or private cloud environment, utilizing various reporting or analytical tools, such as Splunk and MS Excel, or to generate reports; and performing security audits to analyze & mitigate potential security vulnerabilities on tools or components, such as Azure, AWS, and on-premises software and systems.

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