Software Engineer Sr (Cloud Security Engineer)

Job Profile

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineer Sr within PNC’s Enterprise Technology and Security organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Strongsville, OH, Birmingham, AL or Dallas, TX. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion.
As a Software Engineering Sr, you will be embedded in the Cloud Security Team and will build and deploy innovative security controls that protect public cloud workloads that are in alignment with regulatory standards. You will work on a highly innovative/collaborative team that works diligently to automate and bake security into public cloud workloads. You will utilize Cloud Service Provider’s native Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools as well as Palo Alto Prisma Cloud to posture assess PNC’s public cloud workloads. Familiarity and willingness to develop expertise in utilizing Prisma Cloud as the source of truth for public cloud resource compliance is a must for this position.
Having a strong ability to collaborate and problem solve within the Cloud Security team and with our partners and stakeholders is critical. You will work closely with Prisma Cloud and PNC’s Security as Code (SAC) pipeline to test and deploy security controls that ensure PNC workloads are secure by default. You will interact and engage with PNC’s Fusion Center, which is our SOC to understand potential vulnerabilities and work to codify these controls.
In addition, you will engage with our Cloud Product team and Infrastructure as Code (IAC) teams as we shift our security controls to the left into the IAC pipeline and Integrated Developer Environments (IDE). Being able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing is critical to interacting and engaging our stakeholders and internal customers. You will be a vital part of the Cloud Security team’s mission to secure PNC’s cloud workloads.
Responsibilities:
· Test security controls in lower environments for Azure resources and AWS services
· Validate security control effectiveness and promote to production workloads
· Work within agile team and proactively participate in planning sessions
· Engineer and Configure Palo Alto Prisma Cloud to effectively analyze and assess cloud workloads for compliance
· Enable key stakeholders with access to Prisma Cloud to utilize licensed components to full effectiveness
· Continuous learning environment – Our team does not stand still, a growth mindset that is continuously seeking new and better ways to solve security challenges is a must.
· Assess, implement, automate, and document security solutions and processes for Microsoft Azure and AWS
· Provide analysis of workloads to ensure alignment with operational security requirements in order to go to production.
· Work closely with Cloud Security Product Owner to refine backlog tickets and define priority and sizing
· Automate and orchestrate the process of Cloud software deployment (CI/CD) to integrate enterprise security standards, policies, configurations, and architectures, for applications, platforms, and infrastructure
· Assist DevOps team members with the development and operationalization of security, and access Cloud requirements
· Provide security engineering input to programs throughout the lifecycle to ensure systems meet Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).
· Ensure the security posture of applications seeking deployment into Production
· Demonstrate ability to review source code introduced by development teams (Python, PowerShell, Bash, Java, C#, C)
· Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel, ensuring security best practices are utilized across all stages of application development as well as applications deployed to production
Preferred Skills:
· Thorough understanding of AWS and Azure public cloud products & services.
· Experience in applying security controls as code to public cloud workloads in Azure and AWS.
· Creating innovative solutions to meet PNC’s technical security needs.
· Proficient in one or more scripting languages such as Python, Powershell, Bash, etc.
· Expertise with Git, including branching workflows.
· Experience with testing security controls in non-prod environments to ensure the effectiveness of the control.
· Strong written and verbal communications skills.
· Process and detail oriented.
· Demonstrate willingness to actively participate in planning sessions and take ownership of assigned tasks.
· Ability to “think outside the box” when considering options to address security controls at scale and across multiple cloud service providers.
· Familiarity and understanding of basic SQL or KQL queries.
Preferred Certifications:
· Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900
· Azure Security Engineer Associate - AZ-500
· AWS Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description

• Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs.
• Writes code, tests and deploys software.
• Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software.
• Maintains and debugs software.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Competencies

Application Delivery Process – Knowledge of major tasks, deliverables, and formal application delivery methodologies; ability to utilize these in order to deliver new or enhanced applications.

Application Design, Architecture – Knowledge of application design activities, tools and techniques; ability to utilize these to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.

Application Development Tools – Knowledge of and ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for the development and support of applications.

Application Testing – Knowledge of application testing and ability to design, plan and execute application testing strategies and tactics to ensure software quality throughout all stages of application development.

Packaged Application Integration – Knowledge of and the ability to implement packaged application software and integrate it with company applications, databases and technology platforms.

System Development Life Cycle – Knowledge of project management techniques and the ability to plan, design, develop, test, implement and maintain system development life cycle segments and phases.

Technical Troubleshooting – Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques, and the ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical (hardware, software, application or operational) problems.

Technical Writing/Documentation – Knowledge of the technical language and writing approach, and the ability to write paper-based and on-line technical reference documentation (guidelines, standards, procedures, processes, applications, etc.)

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Additional Job Description

Base Salary: Commensurate with skills and experience.

Benefits

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