Opportunity Overview
Corporate Title: Associate
Office Location: London
Job Function: Software Engineering
Division: Engineering Division
About Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms.
Secrets and Encryption Services
Part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business unit within the Core Engineering Division, our mission is to protect the firm and clients from cyber threats such as credential compromise. The team is working to enhance credential management solutions enterprise-wide, including integrating HashiCorp Vault across environments.
The Role
Overview: We seek a motivated Platform Engineer interested in cybersecurity and secrets management. You will contribute to platform reliability, performance, and security, while learning and implementing security best practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting operational improvements.
Responsibilities
1. System Reliability, Performance, and Security: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure systems; monitor and troubleshoot issues; participate in root cause analysis.
2. Infrastructure Automation, Management, and Security: Automate provisioning and deployment; support CI/CD pipelines; ensure security and compliance.
3. Secrets Management: Support secrets management solutions; learn security principles; promote best practices.
4. Collaboration and Communication: Work with development, product, and security teams; communicate system status and updates.
5. Documentation and Reporting: Maintain system documentation; generate performance and incident reports.
Core Skills and Experience
* Understanding of high-availability architectures; scripting skills (Python, Bash); familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, monitoring/security tools; experience with Windows or Linux environments.
* Basic cybersecurity knowledge; interest in secrets management; awareness of security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001).
* Problem-solving skills; ability to identify security threats; good communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
* 3-5 years in DevOps, SRE, or related roles with cybersecurity interest.
* Experience in regulated industries (e.g., finance); exposure to Secrets Management platforms.
Additional Benefits
Goldman Sachs offers comprehensive health, wellness, retirement, and family care programs, including medical insurance, paid vacation, financial planning support, on-site health centers, fitness facilities, child care services, and other employee benefits. Learn more at GS.com/careers.
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