Cloud Engineer - Global Banking & Markets - Dallas
At Goldman Sachs, our Engineers don’t just make things – we make things possible. Change the world by connecting people and capital with ideas. Solve the most challenging and pressing engineering problems for our clients. Join our engineering teams that build massively scalable software and systems, architect low latency infrastructure solutions, proactively guard against cyber threats, and leverage machine learning alongside financial engineering to continuously turn data into action. Create new businesses, transform finance, and explore a world of opportunity at the speed of markets.
Who We Look For
Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in cloud, risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.
Cloud Platform
The Cloud Platform Team within GBM Engineering is responsible for enabling the use of public cloud services, as well as infrastructure management practices within the GBM Engineering. You will be working as part of a global, multidisciplinary team responsible for researching, architecting, and building cutting-edge tools, systems and best practices for Engineers across GBM Engineering. We are at an early stage of modernizing our application stacks around cloud native principles, and migrating business workloads to the cloud. You will be directly helping to implement and influence technology strategies that will give our business a competitive edge.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
You are a hands on Cloud engineer who will focus on migrating workloads to the public cloud focusing on AWSYou have working knowledge of AWS services and design principlesYou are a hands-on Typescript focused developer who will focus on implementing reference patterns in CDK / Typescript for use across the organization.You are a cloud enthusiast with a desire to learn how to architect production grade scalable AWS CDK patterns that clients can use across the organization to safely get to production and manage day 2 operations.You are passionate about developer experience and bringing new ideas, perspective and customer focused solutions to improve the cloud ecosystem. You thrive in a multi-project environment, dealing with different applications and teams to understand their challenges and goals in moving to the public cloudYou are experienced in architecting and deploying multi-tiered applications which are highly available, resilient, with secure cloud architecturesYou are experienced in designing and building frameworks and utilities that help accelerate the adoption of cloud across the organizationYou proactively manage issues and risks through the delivery lifecycleYou have exceptional analytical skills, able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutionsYou possess a strong desire to learn and contribute solutions and ideas to a broad teamYou are independent and comfortable in a fast paced, ambiguous and often multi-directional work environmentManage multiple tasks and use sound judgment when prioritizingCollaborate with a globally-distributed cross functional team in building customer-centric productsBuild 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 servicesCollaborate across teams on feature design and problem solvingManage the full lifecycle of software components, from requirements through design, testing, development, release and demisePartner with colleagues from across Engineering to ensure an outstanding, useable, and unobtrusive experience for development teams building and deploying their applications and infrastructureHelp to communicate and promote best practices for public cloud application development and infrastructure management across the firm
Basic Qualifications:
2 to 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 monitoringExperience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, Bazel, Gradle).Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) methodologies utilizing AWS CloudFormation templates developed and deployed through AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) with TypeScript implementation.Familiarity with AWS services such as ECS Fargate, Lambdas, Step Functions, S3, RDS and MSK.Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.Experience with Javascript / Typescript / NodeProficient using relational and NoSQL database technologies such as DynamoDB, MongoDB and Aurora PostgresExperience building transactional systems and strong understanding of software architectureStrong written and verbal communication skillsBasic understanding of monitoring, tracing and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Zipkin).General knowledge of networking, security, and system administration in cloud environments.Skilled in implementing architectural governanceAbility to establish trusted partnerships with product leads, and executive level stakeholdersComfort with agile operating models
Additional Qualifications:
Preferred Soft 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