Fifth Third Bank
Principal Information Security Engineer
Remote Information Security Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 2, 2026
Eligible countries7 accepted countries
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
Role overview
Principal Information Security Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Mentor more junior members of the team.
- Contribute to and enhance the bank's perimeter security program.
- Defines security requirements for new technology implementations and assesses security solutions against those requirements along with effective integration within the broader ecosystem.
- Design and implementation of selected technologies
- Serve as a security consultant and architect on projects.
- Participate in conducting security research and threat modeling, make recommendations to the IS/IT teams and oversee their implementation.
- Assist in conducting risk assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and determine the impact of proposed changes to business processes, applications, and systems.
- Enhance Zero Trust (ZT) strategy and architectural patterns
- Seeking and maintaining knowledge (cross/up skill) of current and upcoming IT security technologies.
- Awareness of latest and common security threats and technology trends.
- Knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Industry Standard Certifications such as, but not limited to: SANS certifications, ISC2 CISSP, and AWS are preferred.
- Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group.
- Eight+ years of IT work experience relevant to the position, including at least six years in a hands-on information security engineering or analyst position.
- Experience working with and supporting Cloud, Linux and Windows systems.
- Solid conceptual understanding of distributed computing principles.
- Working knowledge of application and data security concepts, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
- Financial industry experience is a plus.
- Excellent ability to diagnose and troubleshoot accessibility issues.
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