Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fifth Third Bank is a leading financial institution, and they are seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer. This role is responsible for defining and supporting enterprise security tools, advancing Zero Trust strategies, and enhancing perimeter and endpoint detection capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Mentor more junior members of the team
- Contribute to and enhance the bank's perimeter security program
- Defines security requirements for new technology implementations and assesses security solutions against those requirements along with effective integration within the broader ecosystem
- Design and implementation of selected technologies
- Serve as a security consultant and architect on projects
- Participate in conducting security research and threat modeling, make recommendations to the IS/IT teams and oversee their implementation
- Assist in conducting risk assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and determine the impact of proposed changes to business processes, applications, and systems
- Enhance Zero Trust (ZT) strategy and architectural patterns
- Seeking and maintaining knowledge (cross/up skill) of current and upcoming IT security technologies
- Awareness of latest and common security threats and technology trends
- Knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group
- Eight+ years of IT work experience relevant to the position, including at least six years in a hands-on information security engineering or analyst position
- Experience working with and supporting Cloud, Linux and Windows systems
- Solid conceptual understanding of distributed computing principles
- Working knowledge of application and data security concepts, best practices, and common vulnerabilities
- Excellent ability to diagnose and troubleshoot accessibility issues
- Industry Standard Certifications such as, but not limited to: SANS certifications, ISC2 CISSP, and AWS are preferred
- Financial industry experience is a plus
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings
- Eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance
- Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being
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