Cloud Security Engineer (Hybrid)

Overview of the Role

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

As a Cloud Security Engineer on the AppSec Engineering team, you will work in a multi-disciplinary team driving cyber security services and solutions to enable Citi to securely adopt private, hybrid, and public Cloud platforms. The individual in this role will primarily be responsible for development of controls, automation, and expansion of program capabilities in relation to Citi's Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) at the center of Citi's Cloud Continuous Monitoring (CCM) program spanning public cloud infrastructures. Our operating model emphasizes DevSecOps, that is, automation, integration, and agility based on Security as a Service / Security as Code concepts.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a team of highly skilled cloud security engineers to implement the strategic vision of our Cloud Continuous Monitoring  program

• Leverage cloud tooling to develop controls that identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure, define risks, and generate alerts for issues across the cloud estate

• Identify opportunities for and implement automation to advance controls engineering, monitoring, and streamline reporting processes

• Develop and implement cloud native solutions that aid in maturing the AppSec Engineering Cloud Continuous Monitoring program

• Reduce risk by analyzing the root cause of issues, their impact, and required corrective actions 

• Validate that system design/architecture meets compliance requirements.

• Maintain development standards, best practices, and technical
  documentation for Cloud Continuous Monitoring projects

• Effectively articulate technical security specifications, requirements, etc. through written and verbal communications to both technical and non-technical partners.

Qualifications:

Candidates should have knowledge of the tools and products related to the area of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) or Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), as well as, experience with automating repetitive tasks. Pre-requisites for this position are at least a Bachelor's Degree with 2-4 years of experience in most of the following areas:

• Hands-on experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc)

• Experience automating tasks and reporting (Python preferred)

• Knowledge of containers and supporting technologies (EKS, GKE, Kubernetes, etc)

• Knowledge of DevOps/DevSecOps processes and best practices including the use of pipelines and code management tools

• Hands on experience with IaC tooling (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, etc.)

• Offensive Security-oriented mindset (threat-modeling, vulnerability assessments, pen testing, etc.)

• Excellent technical documentation skills.

• Proven analytical skills.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of staff and management are required.

Industry-accredited certifications will be required. Candidates with cloud security certifications (ex: Azure Security Engineer Associate, AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, etc.) and other security certifications (for example: GCSA, GCPN, CKS, etc.) will be preferred. Candidates without certification must be willing to pursue them during the course of employment.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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