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Principal Engineer - Proxy Team

Truist
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Mar 2026

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

The Principal Engineer for the Proxy Team serves as the organization’s senior technical authority for internet access and control. This role provides strategic leadership, architectural oversight, and expert-level guidance for all Proxy tools, capabilities, and processes. The Principal Engineer drives the long-term roadmap for Proxy internet access and control, ensures alignment with enterprise security strategy, and partners with engineering, operations, and leadership teams to mature control, detection, response, and resilience across the environment.

Job Description:

The Principal Engineer for the Proxy Team serves as the organization’s senior technical authority for internet access and control. This role provides strategic leadership, architectural oversight, and expert-level guidance for all Proxy tools, capabilities, and processes. The Principal Engineer drives the long-term roadmap for Proxy internet access and control, ensures alignment with enterprise security strategy, and partners with engineering, operations, and leadership teams to mature control, detection, response, and resilience across the environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


Strategic Leadership & Ownership

  • Serve as the strategic owner of the organization’s Proxy internet access and control platforms, ensuring tools are fully leveraged, optimized, and aligned with enterprise risk-management goals.
  • Define and evolve the Proxy internet access and control roadmap, identifying future capabilities, technology gaps, and opportunities for automation and innovation.
  • Provide expert analysis and recommendations on strategic direction, investment needs, and emerging threats that impact Proxy internet access and control.

Technical Expertise & Architecture

  • Architect and maintain scalable, resilient Proxy internet access and control solutions across diverse operating systems and environments.
  • Lead technical deep dives, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to ensure continuous improvement and coverage expansion.
  • Oversee integration of Proxy internet access and control with SIEM, SOAR, vulnerability management, asset inventory, EDR and other core security platforms.

Detection, Response, and Operations

  • Guide the creation, tuning, and lifecycle management of access control policy within the Proxy internet access and control tools.
  • Partner with incident response teams to ensure rapid containment and remediation of Proxy internet access and control threats.
  • Conduct advanced investigations and root-cause analyses for complex or high-severity incidents.

Governance, Standards, and Best Practices

  • Establish and maintain Proxy internet access and control standards, policies, and hardening guidelines.
  • Evaluate and report on Proxy internet access and control, performance metrics, detection efficacy, and risk trends.
  • Ensure the Proxy internet access and control program aligns with regulatory requirements, security frameworks, and organizational risk controls.

Collaboration & Leadership

  • Act as a senior advisor to engineering, operations, and leadership teams on Proxy internet access and control strategy.
  • Mentor engineers and analysts, fostering a culture of continuous learning and operational excellence.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to enhance enterprise resilience and reduce endpoint attack surface.

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