Principal Information Security Engineer (Remote)

Fifth Third Bank is a banking organization seeking a Principal Information Security Engineer for its Data Security team within the Information Security organization. The role defines, delivers, and supports enterprise security tools and architecture, provides data security consulting, contributes to encryption management, and supports information security operations, risk assessments, audits, and team mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor more junior members of the team
• Responsibility for the Venafi/Cyberark (Trust Protection Platform) and it's associated connectors to other tools and platforms
• Define security requirements for the implementation of new applications and projects
• Team member on the Encryption Management Program
• Provide SME guidance on the Encryption Management Program
• Serve as a data security engineer/consultant on projects
• Participate in conducting security research on threats and remediation techniques/ technology, make recommendations to the IS/IT teams and oversee their implementation
• Support the Bank's operational information security responsibilities, including the development maintenance of standards, procedures, and guidelines necessary to satisfy the Information Security department's operations
• 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
• Provide technical support to regulatory agencies, external auditors, and internal auditors, as required, to respond to audits and examinations of the Bank's control environment
• Seeking and maintaining knowledge (cross/up skill) of current and upcoming IT security technologies
• Awareness of latest and common security threats
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies

Requirements:

• Expertise in encryption, cryptography, and certificate management
• Hands on experience with Venafi/Cyberark
• Working knowledge of AWS and cloud security
• Familiarity with Digicert, Sectigo, and various certificate types
• Ability to coach/mentor junior team members
• Ability to communicate well with peers/leaders/junior members/cross functional teams
• IT Security experience required
• 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
• Experience working with and supporting Unix/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: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network +, CompTIA Security +, ISC2 CISSP, and EWS are preferred
• Master's degree a plus
• Financial industry experience is a plus