Lead Cloud Security Engineer - Detection Engineering, SVP (C14)

About Citi:

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 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.

The Role:

About Citi: 

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 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. 

The Team: 

The Threat Informed Defense Engineering Team at Citi comprises a group of highly motivated and exceptionally talented engineers dedicated to fortifying the firm’s security posture. Specializing in threat-informed defense strategies, our team delivers advanced detective and responsive security measures to protect Citi’s assets across major cloud platforms, including GCP, AWS and Azure. As a rapidly expanding unit, we pride ourselves not only on our ability to implement cutting-edge cyber defense solutions swiftly but also on our capacity to provide strategic technical leadership across the organization. We ensure Citi remains resilient against evolving cyber threats by pioneering innovative security approaches including state-of-the-art detection and response engineering and operational  enhancements via AI-driven technologies.

The Role: 

Join Citi’s dynamic Threat Informed Defense Engineering Team as a Lead Cloud Security Engineer. This pivotal role will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining sophisticated security measures that protect the firm’s assets in the cloud. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in cloud security and threat analysis to help further drive the development of innovative threat informed defense strategies to best ensure Citi’s assets remain secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape.  

Responsibilities 

• Design, develop and deploy robust detective and responsive security solutions across GCP, AWS and Azure environments to safeguard Citi’s cloud assets
• Collaborate with Citi’s SOC, threat modelling, threat intelligence, and vulnerability assessment teams to inform and enhance defense strategies
• Build and maintain advanced detection and triage systems as well as operational processes that leverage AI-driven technologies to quickly identify and defend against potential threats
• Partner with Citi’s Cloud Incident Response team to design, develop and deploy solutions for automated containment of security incidents in the cloud
• Design, develop and deploy advanced frameworks for the rigorous testing and evaluation of security measures to their effectiveness and reliability, including adversary emulation techniques
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting best security practices, and fostering a culture of security awareness
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate security measures seamlessly
• Research and implement cutting-edge security technologies and methodologies, including the application of AI, to continuously improve defense capabilities
• Ensure all security measures comply with relevant standards and internal policies, maintaining high levels of security governance
• Onboard health metrics for various cyber security controls to help inform state of security within the firm

Qualifications

• 6+ years' hands-on experience in Cloud engineering particularly in GCP, AWS and/or Azure (ideally with experience in cybersecurity)
• Strong understanding of threat modelling, vulnerability assessment, security architecture and detection engineering principles
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as Python, Golang, node.js 
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code(IaC) tool
• Experience with software testing methodologies
• Experience with security tools and technologies, including SIEM, CNAPP, cloud-native security services is a big plus
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and proactive mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams 
• Ability to drive the priority and time management of your own efforts to develop and support automation activities for security focused tools and principles

Education 

• Bachelor's degree in computer related field or equivalent work experience
• Certifications in Fundamentals of AWS and/or GCP are a plus

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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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$156,160.00 - $234,240.00

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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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Feb 03, 2025

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