Trade Compliance Screening Administrator

At Penguin Solutions (Nasdaq: PENG) – The AI Factory Platform Company – we’re building a team of innovators who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI. As part of the AI technology revolution, our teams design, build, deploy, and manage AI factories for enterprises, sovereign AI initiatives, and neocloud providers worldwide.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Penguin Solutions operates globally through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. For nearly three decades, we have operated at the intersection of memory and AI/HPC infrastructure. That engineering expertise positions us to power the next generation of AI workloads, from training to inference and agentic AI at scale.

Penguin Solutions brings together differentiated infrastructure software, advanced memory, compute systems, end-to-end services, and industry-leading partner solutions in a full-stack AI factory platform designed to help customers deploy and scale AI workloads with speed and precision.

At Penguin Solutions, we value ideas over hierarchy and believe in servant leadership, where leaders enable teams to do their best work. We empower employees to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow through challenging work, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced AI tools and technologies. With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact.

Job Overview

The Trade Compliance Screening Administrator is a front-line compliance role within the Global Trade and Federal Contract Compliance function, reporting to the Director, Global Trade & Federal Contract Compliance. Based in Penang, Malaysia, the Analyst is responsible for customer due diligence, restricted-party screening, ownership research, and classification data intake across all Penguin Solutions business units. This position provides follow-the-sun screening coverage, clearing daily queues and delivering completed, decision-ready work packages to the U.S. Corporate Trade Compliance Team before the U.S. workday begins. The role directly supports Penguin Solutions’ expansion into new markets and complex multi-party engagements while meeting regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Vet potential customers and transaction parties through Know Your Customer (KYC) and due diligence processes to determine whether Penguin Solutions can engage, and surface trade compliance risks before commitment.
• Review, release, document, or escalate compliance holds in SAP/GTS or a comparable global trade and screening platform to keep transactions compliant and moving.
• Review customer-submitted End-Use Statements for red flags, inconsistencies, and diversion risk.
• Trace each transaction party’s ownership structure to its ultimate parent to identify country-of-concern control and affiliate-based restrictions.
• Capture and document data to assign Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes for new products.
• Collect complete technical information, identify missing or inconsistent data, identify comparable products, and prepare Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) packages for U.S. Corporate Trade Compliance Team review.
• Maintain audit-ready records of all screening decisions, escalations, and diligence findings.
  
  

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in international trade, business, supply chain, or a related field.
• One (1) to three (3) years of experience in customs compliance, KYC/due diligence, logistics, trade operations, or a related function.
• Strong written English with the ability to produce clear, audit-ready documentation.
• Analytical skills with attention to detail, particularly in verifying corporate ownership structures and identifying discrepancies.
• Ability to work independently with a U.S.-based manager reporting structure.
• Structured training will be provided on Penguin Solutions’ SAP/GTS workflows, U.S. restricted-party lists, ownership-tracing methodology, classification intake processes, and escalation procedures.
• Familiarity with restricted-party and sanctions screening processes.
• Experience with SAP/GTS or a comparable global trade or screening platform.
• Exposure to U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), OFAC sanctions programs, or Malaysia’s Strategic Trade Act.
• Experience with HTS or ECCN classification concepts.
• Background in the semiconductor, electronics, technology, medical device, logistics, or multinational shared-services sectors.
  
  

Location

• Penang, Malaysia: On-site
  
  

Travel

• Minimal to None Required