Security Engineer Sr - Cloud Security

PNC • Strongsville, OH

20h • $80,000 - $185,150 • Remote

About The Position

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Security Engineer Sr within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX or Lakewood, CO. As a Sr. Security Engineer on PNC's Cloud Security team, you will build and deploy innovative security controls that protect public cloud workloads that meet and often exceed regulatory standards. You will work on a highly innovative/collaborative team that works diligently to automate and bake security into Azure and AWS public cloud workloads. You will utilize the Cloud Provider’s and third party Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools to perform posture assessment PNC’s public cloud workloads. Familiarity and willingness to develop expertise in utilizing these CSPM tools as the source of truth for public cloud resource compliance is a must for this position. You will work closely with Cloud Security's Security as Code (SAC) pipeline to test and deploy security controls that ensure PNC workloads are secure by default. You will interact and engage with PNC Cloud Architects and PNC’s SOC team to understand potential vulnerabilities and work to codify these controls. In addition, you will engage with our Cloud Product team and Infrastructure as Code (IAC) teams as we shift our security controls to the left into Cloud Infrastructure pipelines. Being able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing is critical to interacting and engaging our stakeholders and internal customers. You will be a vital part of the Cloud Security team’s mission to secure PNC’s cloud workloads. As a Sr. Security engineer, you will help mentor and guide the junior members of the team, take leadership in building an Operational Excellence mindset, and participate in future roadmap planning. A strong ability to collaborate, problem solve, and actively build trust with our partners and stakeholders is critical.

Requirements

• Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role.
• Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
• Access Control (AC)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Building Architecture
• Cloud Infrastructure Security
• Cloud Native Security
• Customer Solutions
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Information Security
• Microsoft Azure
• Network Security
• Physical Security
• Risk Assessments
• Security Technologies
• Analytical Thinking
• Effective Communications
• Information Security Management
• Information Security Technologies
• IT Environment
• IT Standards, Procedures & Policies
• Knowledge of Organization
• Problem Solving
• Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree.
• Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable.
• Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years.
• Specific certifications are often required.
• In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Thorough understanding of AWS and Azure public cloud services and security best practices.
• Experience performing security gap analysis on Cloud Services or Cloud Infrastructure
• Experience in applying security controls as code to public cloud workloads in Azure and AWS.
• Experience creating innovative security solutions that balance security with all other corporate priorities
• Proficient in one or more scripting languages such as Python, Powershell, Bash, etc.
• Expertise with Git, including branching workflows.
• Experience with testing security controls to ensure the effectiveness of the control.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Process and detail oriented.
• Has demonstrated project leadership, taking ownership of larger team initiatives.
• Ability to “think outside the box” when considering options to address security controls at scale and across multiple cloud service providers.
• Expertise in SQL or SQL-type query languages

Responsibilities

• Build and test security controls for Azure resources and AWS services
• Validate security control effectiveness and promote to production workloads
• Work within agile team and proactively participate in planning sessions
• Engineer and Configure CSPM tools to effectively analyze and assess cloud workloads for compliance
• Enable key stakeholders with access to Prisma Cloud to utilize licensed components to full effectiveness
• Continuous learning environment – Our team does not stand still, a growth mindset that is continuously seeking new and better ways to solve security challenges is a must.
• Assess, implement, automate, and document security solutions and processes for Microsoft Azure and AWS
• Provide analysis of workloads to ensure alignment with operational security requirements in order to go to production.
• Work closely with Cloud Security Product Owner to refine backlog tickets and define priority and sizing
• Automate and orchestrate the process of Cloud software deployment (CI/CD) to integrate enterprise security standards, policies, configurations, and architectures, for applications, platforms, and infrastructure
• Assist DevOps team members with the development and operationalization of security
• Ensure the security posture of applications seeking deployment into Production
• Provides subject matter expertise when applying security concepts.
• Works as an engineering lead.
• Leverages technical knowledge and industry experience to design, build and maintain technology solutions.
• Responsible for deliverables related to program timelines.
• Responsible for working with architecture to take high level architectural designs and determining the specifics around implementation details (ex: sizing) integration details, onboarding and operationalization.
• Provides environmental expertise when engaged in the review of capabilities and/or functions, including the road map planning process.
• Is the identified capability owner for future enhancement requests.
• Leads in the evaluation of patches, updates, ongoing maintenance.
• Determines impacts to existing solutions when new standards are implemented.
• Drives collaboration with the operations team to identify pain points and implement corrective actions, and additional functions/features.
• Utilizes change control and other governance processes to ensure alignment of solutions.
• Develops detailed implementation, configuration, design, and engineering documentation.
• Build and implement solution.
• Works with operation partners to enable transition and day-to-day supportability.
• Provides engineering support to existing technology in a production environment, collaborating with other groups as required.
• Seeks opportunities to grow broad knowledge base to complement specific subject matter expertise.
• Provides mentoring and knowledge sharing with other members of the team.

Benefits

• PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future.
• Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
• In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
• To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.
• PNC’s total rewards package includes things like time off, benefits, learning and career development, wellness programs, recognition and much more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level