Principal Information Security Engineer

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

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