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 Cloud Security Analyst within PNC’s Technology organization, you will be based in Cleveland, OH. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion.

As a Security Analyst you will be embedded in the Cloud Security Team and will build and deploy innovative security controls that protect public cloud workloads that are in alignment with regulatory standards. You will work on a highly innovative/collaborative team that works diligently to automate and bake security into public cloud workloads. You will utilize Cloud Service Provider’s Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) tools as well as Palo Alto Prisma Cloud to posture assess PNC’s public cloud workloads. Familiarity and willingness to develop expertise in utilizing Prisma Cloud as the source of truth for public cloud resource compliance is a must for this position.
Having a strong ability to collaborate and problem solve within the Cloud Security team and with our partners and stakeholders is critical. You will work closely with Prisma Cloud and PNC’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’s Fusion Center, which is our SOC to understand potential vulnerabilities and work to codify these controls.
Responsibilities

· Test security controls in lower environments 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 Palo Alto Prisma Cloud to effectively analyze and assess cloud workloads for compliance
· Enable key stakeholders with access to Prisma Cloud to utilize licensed components to full effectiveness
· Continuous learning environment – Our team does not stand still, a growth mindset that is continuously seeking new and better ways to solve security challenges is a must.
· 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, and access Cloud requirements

Preferred Skills:
· Thorough understanding of AWS and Azure public cloud products & services.
· Experience in applying security controls as code to public cloud workloads in Azure and AWS.
· Creating innovative solutions to meet PNC’s technical security needs.
· Proficient in one or more scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.
· Expertise with Git, including branching workflows.
· Experience with testing security controls in non-prod environments to ensure the effectiveness of the control.
· Strong written and verbal communications skills.
· Process and detail oriented.
· Demonstrate willingness to actively participate in planning sessions and take ownership of assigned tasks.
· Ability to “think outside the box” when considering options to address security controls at scale and across multiple cloud service providers.
· Familiarity and understanding of basic SQL or KQL queries.

Preferred Certifications:
· Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900
· Azure Security Engineer Associate - AZ-500
· AWS Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description

• Participates in activities, processes,