[Remote] Principal Information Security Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fifth Third Bank is a financial institution seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer to define, architect, and support enterprise security tools. This role is crucial for advancing Zero Trust strategies and enhancing security capabilities across data center and cloud environments.
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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