Asset & Wealth Management-Cloud Engineer-Associate-Dallas

Goldman Sachs • Dallas, TX

4h

About The Position

At Goldman Sachs, Engineers are responsible for making things possible, connecting people and capital with ideas, and solving challenging engineering problems for clients. They build scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure, guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning and financial engineering. The WM Cloud Enablement Platform team, part of WM Engineering, is tasked with enabling the use of public cloud services across the Division. This involves researching, architecting, and building a cutting-edge platform for safe and secure deployment and management of services in the public cloud. The team is modernizing services around cloud-native principles, focusing on safety, security, and compliance to enable faster innovation. The organization seeks collaborative, creative, and intellectually curious engineers passionate about developing and implementing cloud computing solutions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a DevOps culture, contribute to customer-centric product development, and work closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced global environment.

Requirements

• Minimum 4-5 years of relevant professional experience (more experienced professionals are desired) with at least 2+ years of familiarity with AWS services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Familiarity with disciplines of enterprise software development such as configuration and release management, source code and version controls along with operating considerations such as monitoring.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline).
• Proficiency working with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience working with Configuration management automation tools like Ansible.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with Javascript / Typescript / Node.
• Strong networking background (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, routing protocols).
• Proficient using relational and NoSQL database technologies.
• Experience building transactional systems and strong understanding of software architecture.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Exposure to containerization tools (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Basic understanding of monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK Stack).
• General knowledge of networking, security, and system administration in cloud environments.
• Skilled in implementing architectural governance.
• Ability to establish trusted partnerships with product leads, and executive level stakeholders.
• Comfort with agile operating models.

Nice To Haves

• AWS or any CSP certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect – Associate).
• Deep knowledge of Cloud Native Networking, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Strategy
• Understanding of Solution Engineering practices.
• Fluency in AWS CDK, Typescript, NPM, CloudFormation.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and serverless computing.
• Basic experience with performance tuning and cost optimization in AWS.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools and technologies.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• You are a hands on Cloud engineer who will focus on building the connectivity products, Solutions and migrating workloads to the public cloud.
• You have working knowledge of AWS or OCI and design principles.
• You thrive in a multi-project environment, dealing with different business units and teams to understand their challenges and goals in moving to the public cloud.
• You proactively manage issues and risks through the delivery lifecycle.
• You have exceptional analytical skills, able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions.
• You possess a strong desire to learn and contribute solutions and ideas to a broad team.
• You are independent and comfortable in a fast paced, ambiguous and often multi-directional work environment
• Manage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizing.
• Collaborate with a globally-distributed cross functional team in building customer-centric products.
• Build services to integrate on-premises systems with public cloud providers and software libraries to provide consistent, secure, and ready-to-consume patterns for application development teams using public cloud services.
• Collaborate across teams on feature design and problem solving.
• Manage the full lifecycle of software components, from requirements through design, testing, development, release and demise.
• Partner with colleagues from across Engineering to ensure an outstanding, useable, and unobtrusive experience for development teams building and deploying their applications and infrastructure.
• Help to communicate and promote best practices for public cloud application development and infrastructure management across the firm.

Benefits

• committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond
• ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.
• finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees