AMD Public-Dallas-Associate-Security Engineering

Role Overview

The Cybersecurity and Client Engagement Risk Associate position in Asset and Wealth Management engages new and existing institutional clients, supports compliance activities (e.g., SOC reports, ISO, PCI, NYDFS, etc) and engages across the firm with Business, Engineering, Legal and Cyber SMEs. This role includes critical activities such assessing and negotiating tech risk commitments, responding and editing security agreements/assessments, and getting involved in addressing technical and business cyber activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Due Diligence & Revenue Protection:
• Engagement: Proactively engages with institutional clients to articulate Goldman Sachs' robust information security posture and address their specific security and compliance inquiries.
• Client Vendor Due Diligence: Executes comprehensive client-focused vendor due diligence processes, assessing third-party information security risks specifically within the financial services regulatory landscape.
• Operational: Actively participates in and drives resolution of complex technical and business cyber activities, including security architecture reviews, control implementation, and operationalizing compliance requirements.
• Strategic innovation: Partner in integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to automate due diligence, contract engagements, and scale the program efficiently.
• Research and evaluate emerging global client trends in client contract focus, and regulatory landscapes to advise affiliates and internal stakeholders on proactive contractual/regulatory risk mitigation strategies.

Skills and Experience Required

• Operational Experience: Minimum two years working as an Information Security professional and/or Computer engineering background with cyber risk operational experience, including hands-on involvement in security incident response coordination, and vulnerability management program support.
• Technical Platform Experience: Demonstrated hands-on experience with security controls and configurations across diverse IT platforms, including web applications, middleware, cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and database systems.
• Security Standards: Familiarity with leading security standards and frameworks such as NIST, OWASP, SANS Top 20, PCI DSS, and CIS Controls
• Cybersecurity Knowledge Depth: Deep understanding and practical application of security principles across web, mobile, cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and client/server architectures, including threat modeling, vulnerability management, and secure development lifecycles.
• Communication of Complex Concepts: Ability to translate complex technical cybersecurity concepts into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Detail Orientation & Self-Motivation: Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail, meticulous organizational skills, and a proactive, self-motivated approach to problem-solving.
• Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Demonstrated ability to build rapport, influence stakeholders, and manage challenging client conversations with diplomacy and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Security, or a related technical field.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, or cloud-specific security certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty).
• 1-2 yrs Operational and/or experience with Cloud services (as provider or client) or certified CCNA, CCNP, AWS security.
• Implementation and/or operational experience with Third Party Risk (TPRM), Risk Management Solutions (ex: SAP GRC, LogicManager, ServiceNow, Audit Board, RSA Archer, Reciprocity, etc.) or deploying automated DDQ workflows
• Scripting/Automation: Practical experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for security tasks and data analysis.
• Familiarity with leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) for AI Governance (e.g., data poisoning, prompt injection), automating compliance checks, or enhancing cybersecurity capabilities, such as predictive risk modeling, anomaly detection in vendor assessments.

We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

Holiday & Vacation Policies

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

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Opportunity Overview
CORPORATE TITLE
Associate
OFFICE LOCATION(S)
Dallas
JOB FUNCTION
Security Engineering
DIVISION
Asset & Wealth Management