IAM Secrets Management Engineering SRE Platform Engineer VP London

Who We Are

Goldman Sachsis 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 oneof the oldest and largest investment banking firms.

Secrets and Encryption Services is part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business unit within Core Engineering Division of Goldman Sachs. Our mission is toprotect the firm and our clients from cyberthreats such as credential compromise through the services we deliver and operate. The S&ES team is on a journey to uplift credential management infrastructure and solutions across the enterprise with a transformational programme to improve the security posture for the firm.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Lead Site Reliability Platform Engineer (SRE) to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability performance and scalability of mission-critical high-availability high-throughput systems and infrastructure. This role involves leading collaborating with cross-functional teams and implementing best practices in SRE DevOps and cyber security to enhance our operational efficiency and security posture.

1. System Reliability Performance and Security:
   • Design implement and maintain highly available scalable and secure systems on AWS cloud services.
   • Monitor system performance reliability and security proactively identifying and resolving issues.

   • Troubleshoot and resolve issues across all environments owning root cause analysis and incident management post-mortems.

2. Infrastructure Transformation Management and Security:

   • Automate infrastructure provisioning configuration and deployment processes with a focus on security and reducing toil.
   • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery while ensuring security best practices.
   • Ensure infrastructure security and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

3. Collaboration and Communication:
   • Technical leadership and mentoring fostering a culture of continuous improvement innovation and security awareness.
   • Work closely with development product and security teams to ensure seamless integration deployment and security of our services.
   • Communicate effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide updates on system status security improvements and enhancements

Core Skills and Experience we are looking for

• Technical Expertise:
  • Deep understanding of high-availability systems architecture and the ability to design and administer scalable and robust systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services and supporting Windows & Linux environments.
  • Proficient withinfrastructure as code (i.e. Terraform).
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (i.e. Kubernetes).

  • Knowledge of observability tools for monitoring and logging(e.g. Prometheus Grafana and BQL).

• Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills:

  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to identify and resolve complex issues.
  • Ability to proactively identify potential operational risks and vulnerabilities.

• Leadership and Communication:
  • Strong communication and technical leadership abilities to effectively collaborate with global cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts toboth client and technical peer audiences.
  • Leads by example. Passionate for learning new technologies and products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 7 years of experience in SRE / DevOps / Platform infrastructure or related roles.
• Experience working in finance or another highly regulated industry is desirable but not essential.