Security Engineer Sr - Cloud Security

Security Engineer Sr

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 Security Engineer Sr within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX or Lakewood, CO. As a Sr. Security Engineer on PNC's Cloud Security team, you will build and deploy innovative security controls that protect public cloud workloads that meet and often exceed regulatory standards. You will work on a highly innovative/collaborative team that works diligently to automate and bake security into Azure and AWS public cloud workloads. You will utilize the Cloud Provider's and third party Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools to perform posture assessment PNC's public cloud workloads. Familiarity and willingness to develop expertise in utilizing these CSPM tools as the source of truth for public cloud resource compliance is a must for this position. You will work closely with Cloud Security'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 Cloud Architects and PNC's SOC team 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 Cloud Infrastructure pipelines. 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. As a Sr. Security engineer, you will help mentor and guide the junior members of the team, take leadership in building an Operational Excellence mindset, and participate in future roadmap planning. A strong ability to collaborate, problem solve, and actively build trust with our partners and stakeholders is critical.

Responsibilities:

• Build and test security controls 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 CSPM tools to effectively analyze and assess cloud workloads for compliance
• 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
• Ensure the security posture of applications seeking deployment into Production

Preferred Skills:

Access Control (AC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Building Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure Security, Cloud Native Security, Customer Solutions, Disaster Recovery Planning, Information Security, Microsoft Azure, Network Security, Physical Security, Risk Assessments, Security Technologies

Competencies:

Analytical Thinking, Effective Communications, Information Security Management, Information Security Technologies, IT Environment, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, Knowledge of Organization, Problem Solving

Work Experience:

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education:

Bachelors

Pay Transparency:

Base Salary: $80,000.00 – $185,150.00Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window:

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 02/05/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits:

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives. In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.

Disability Accommodations Statement:

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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