Principal Information Security Engineer

Fifth Third Bank is a financial institution that connects great people to great opportunities. They are seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer who will be responsible for defining, architecting, and supporting enterprise security tools, advancing Zero Trust strategies, and strengthening 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

Requirements:

• 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