About me

I am Daraius Balsara, a computer science graduate with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame. Currently, I work as an Analyst in Internal Audit at Goldman Sachs, where I've audited high-risk Wealth Management Applications and managed various audits, reducing regulatory risks. I hold AWS certifications and have worked on projects involving AI/ML such as facial recognition and NBA championship prediction. Beyond my professional work, I'm actively engaged in leadership and mentoring at obesity awareness youth camps.

What i'm doing

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    Audit Execution

    In-depth control design and effectiveness challenges documented

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    Coding and Scripting

    High-quality penetration testing, cloud security testing, and blackbox testing

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    Mobile apps

    In my free time, I develop mobile and web apps. Check out my Projects tab for more.

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    Leadership and Volunteering

    Volunteer at Robinson Senior Center Tech initative, and mentor at Child Obesity Awareness camp.

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Education

  1. University of Notre Dame

    2018 — 2022

    Graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.

    Relevant Courses: AI for Social Good, Computer Vision, Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Embedded Systems & Program Design, Undergraduate Research

  2. Indiana Academy for Math Science & Humanities

    2016 — 2018

    Graduated Valedictorian

Experience

  1. Analyst

    Goldman Sachs

    2022 — Present

    ● Audited 35 high risk Wealth Management Applications on End-of-Life Servers (Python and JavaScript)

    ● Executed SOX ITGC testing on Federal Reserve Bank Deliverables in Counter Party Credit Risk, Goldman Sachs Trust Company, and Guarantor Retained Annuity Trust spaces

    ● Acted as Project Manager in an Agile environment for 3 audits: Divisional Wealth Management Data Privacy Audit, Volcker Rule Requirement Audit, and BSA/AML Program Audit

    ● Raised general, noteworthy, and substantive findings for controls within PWM Engineering Applications resulting in 14 management action plans to reduce regulatory risk

    ● Created weekly State of Union divisional risk reports for PWM upper management via SQL Queries

  2. Technology Development Professional

    Optum

    May 2021 — August 2021

    ● Supervised 3 technical interns to create an innovative application for GitHub uploads of de-identified data, yielding a 32% decrease in pipeline time for UnitedHealth Employees uploading user data to schema servers

    ● Led weekly working sessions with management and engineering teams to ensure successful product delivery

  3. Product Manager, Software Engineer, Financial Analyst

    All Hands

    Jan 2021 — May 2021

    ● Designed and developed UI’s for web and mobile applications using React, JavaScript, and Node.js

    ● Advised and guided founder on Cap Table Analysis and Debt Equity Financing for Round B seed funding

  4. Technology Development Professional

    Optum

    Jan 2020 — May 2020

    ● Taught classes of 30+ JavaScript Engineers how to test resiliency of IT infrastructure using Chaos Monkey and Java Spring Boot microservices

    ● Cloud Computing and UI/UX development for educational institute (resulted in 49% decrease in Page Speed)

My skills

  • Audit Planning, Execution, and Reporting
    90%
  • Cloud and Network Security
    80%
  • Risk Identification and Management
    90%
  • Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, and Machine Learning
    50%

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