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 Engineering Principal within PNC's Workforce Identity Engineering organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH.

This position is not available in all geographic areas.

Needed Qualifications:
• Direct experience with CyberArk or similar privileged access management platforms.
• Strong hands on engineering experience supporting complex enterprise platforms (security, identity, or other mission critical systems).
• Experience implementing or supporting privileged access patterns, credential management, or access control solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own technical problems from design through production support.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems and layered dependencies.
• Ability to translate access and risk requirements into practical engineering solutions.
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Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting both interactive (human) and non interactive (application/service) privileged access use cases.
• Familiarity with regulated or high risk enterprise environments.
• Experience improving automation, reliability, or operational processes for security platforms.
 

The Software Engineer Principal on the Privilege team is responsible for engineering, enhancing, and operating enterprise privileged access management (PAM) capabilities. This role focuses on building and sustaining secure, reliable CyberArk-based services that protect privileged credentials while enabling controlled administrative and application access across the enterprise. The engineer owns complex technical work independently and drives improvements to platform stability, onboarding automation, and operational resilience.
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Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and support PAM solutions using CyberArk and related privileged access services, with a focus on secure credential vaulting, rotation, and access patterns for both human and non human accounts.
• Own engineering delivery for privileged account onboarding and integrations, partnering with application and infrastructure teams to implement secure, scalable access solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across the PAM stack, perform root cause analysis, and implement durable fixes to improve reliability and reduce repeat incidents.
• Implement automation and enhancements to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of privileged account discovery, onboarding, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure solutions align with security and governance requirements, including least privilege, segregation of duties, and secure handling of privileged credentials.
• Participate in platform upgrades, patches, and technical improvements, contributing to design reviews, testing, and change execution.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and shared ownership of team deliverables.
• Collaborate cross functionally with product, risk, and operations partners to deliver PAM outcomes that reduce risk and support business needs.
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PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

 

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Aligns business strategy with software solutions.
• Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
• Leads complex problem solving.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
• Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

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