Tech Risk – Cyber Defense Architect – Global Cyber Defense & Intelligence – Vice President

Who We Are

Led by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Technology Risk secures Goldman Sachs against hackers and other cyber threats. We are responsible for detecting and preventing attempted cyber intrusions against the firm, helping the firm develop more secure applications and infrastructure, developing software in support of our efforts, measuring cybersecurity risk, and designing and driving implementation of cybersecurity controls. The team has global presence across the Americas, APAC, India and EMEA.

Within Technology Risk, the Global Cyber Defense & Intelligence (GCDI) identifies malicious activity, manage the lifecycle of vulnerabilities within GS technologies, and investigates and manages threats across the firm. We are a team of security, software, and product engineers that allow the firm to respond appropriately to firm risks through the use of detection models, security architecture, and cutting-edge cyber threat analysis to manage internal and external threats against the firm.

Goldman Sachs has one of the most progressive Technology Risk teams in the industry and is continuing to push the development of risk in preference to security within technology and the business. Year on year success has led the team to work deeper into the organization and gain valuable insights into how technology needs to function, what its risk really is and how this impacts the business.

 

YOUR IMPACT

You will be a key addition to the GCDI Architecture team, responsible for architecture and strategy for enterprise cyber defense across various cyber domains. You will use your knowledge and experience to assess gaps, identify controls, architect solutions and influence change that aims to reduce risk and increase security capability to proactively detect and respond to cyber threats to the business.

 

How You Will Fulfill Your Potential

As a Cyber Defense Architect in the Global Cyber Defense and Intelligence (GCDI) team, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for assessing, evaluating, and enabling cybersecurity capabilities for the firm. You will partner with enterprise security architects, risk managers and engineers to formulate solutions and controls that enhance the cyber posture of the firm. You will work on cross-functional projects that address security gaps for core platforms and environments. The ideal candidate should have practical experience in one or more security operations disciplines, like detection engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence, digital forensics, as well as sufficient knowledge of system architecture and network fundamentals.

 

Responsibilities

• Stay abreast of current and emerging cyber threats, and identify appropriate technology capabilities to monitor threats.
• Be aware of emerging technology and corresponding security issues that would require security monitoring and mitigation
• Work closely with enterprise security architects, risk managers, engineers and security incident response teams to assess security controls and monitoring gaps.
• Lead the proof-of-concept/proof-of-value evaluations of innovative and emerging security solutions through market scans and hands-on technical assessments. 
• Partner with engineers, security architects, and operations teams to influence and drive transformation. 
• Build current state and future state reference architectures, solution patterns, security capability roadmaps and best practice artifacts. 
  
   

Basic Qualifications
 

• Experience and knowledge in one or more areas of cybersecurity operations such as threat detection, threat hunting, security automation, and digital forensics.  
• Experience in evaluating, designing and enabling control solutions like EDR/EPP, CNAPP, NDR, XDR, Malware Analysis tools, WAF, API Security, and other emerging cyber defense capabilities. 
• Experience in evaluating, designing and enabling solutions like SIEM, SOAR, TIP, security data lakes, agentic AI, and other emerging capabilities that increase the effectiveness of security responders.
• Experience working with and securing both onprem and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Thorough understanding of Network and Compute architectures and, specifically the security aspects thereof.
• Understanding of relevant industry frameworks from MITRE, NIST, CIS, etc.
• Clear communication skills, both verbal and in writing, including the ability to clearly articulate technical concerns and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences 
• Strong project and program management skills, including the ability to lead and uplift projects from start to finish with significant autonomy and attention to detail. 
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills with demonstrable problem-solving skills.  
• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous situations and initiate technical aptitude to understand and design solutions. 
   

Preferred Experience/Qualifications
 

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology or related field. 
• 8+ years cybersecurity SME experience in cybersecurity operations and threat management.
• 2+ years in an architecture role designing, evaluating or enabling cybersecurity capabilities.

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 ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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