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Security Engineer Sr (Firewall Security Platform)

PNC
Two PNC Plaza (PA374), United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Jul 2024

About the role

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 Security Engineer Sr (Firewall Security Platform) within PNC's ENS - Network organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA.

A typical day of a Security Engineer revolves around system changes, lifecycle of firewalls, and the user VPN environment. It is the responsibility of this individual for device monitoring and response, proactive fault management, vendor engagement, vulnerabilities, and compliance of these systems.

The engineer will design, build, and administrate the security infrastructure of the Fortinet firewalls and Cisco VPN environment. Even though their job focusses more on the technical aspects, candidates will need to possess strong communication and organizational skills as the engineer will engage with other departments and vendors. The engineer will participate in the corporate change management process and would be required to complete these changes during nights and weekends.

The engineer will be responsible for troubleshooting firewall and VPN incidents, identifying root cause of incidents, and making appropriate recommendations to resolve them. The individual will need to review vulnerability, compliance risks, and fault analysis on perimeter devices and develop and implement remediation plans. This individual will also participate in the on-call rotation and annual projects as assigned.

Job Description

  • Provides subject matter expertise when applying security concepts. Works as an engineering lead. Leverages technical knowledge and industry experience to design, build and maintain technology solutions. Responsible for deliverables related to program timelines.
  • Responsible for working with architecture to take high level architectural designs and determining the specifics around implementation details (ex: sizing) integration details, onboarding and operationalization. Provides environmental expertise when engaged in the review of capabilities and/or functions, including the road map planning process. Is the identified capability owner for future enhancement requests.
  • Leads in the evaluation of patches, updates, ongoing maintenance. Determines impacts to existing solutions when new standards are implemented. Drives collaboration with the operations team to identify pain points and implement corrective actions, and additional functions/features. Utilizes change control and other governance processes to ensure alignment of solutions.
  • Develops detailed implementation, configuration, design, and engineering documentation. Build and implement solution.
  • Works with operation partners to enable transition and day-to-day supportability.
  • Provides engineering support to existing technology in a production environment, collaborating with other groups as required. Seeks opportunities to grow broad knowledge base to complement specific subject matter expertise. Provides mentoring and knowledge sharing with other members of the team.

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.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required

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