Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

In this role you will contribute to the protection of system boundaries, keeping computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and secure sensitive data. It is important that those in this role actively create and nurture partnerships with peer teams and identify opportunities for cross-team collaboration. Individuals in this role operate within a structured environment with some oversight but are eager to take initiative and tackle complex problems within one or more security engineering domains. This role may mentor one or more junior team members. They typically have 5+ years of experience in information security technology.

Responsibilities
• Identify, define, document, and implement security system requirements for AWS and Azure utilizing Wiz.
• Develop and execute test plans and produce quantitative results.
• Leverage broad knowledge of information security technologies, techniques, processes, and prepare to grow that knowledge within one or more security engineering domains.
• Drive complex technical information security projects to ensure on-time delivery.
• Identify and raise risks or potential vulnerabilities at all stages of the security- engineering process.
• Think outside the box to develop multiple solutions to complex problems.
• Work closely with a diverse set of stakeholders with varying priorities to debate and negotiate paths forward.
• Contribute to existing test suites (integration, regression, and performance), analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.
• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.
• Identify gaps in information security standards adherence and work with appropriate partners to develop plans to close gaps.

Required Qualifications
• Broad knowledge of information cloud security technologies, techniques and processes and excitement to grow that knowledge within one or more security-engineering domains.
• Experience with Wiz is a must.
• AWS OPA, SCP, SecurityHub, Config, EventBridge, SSM, Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender a plus.
• Experience with policy as code, CSPM, cloud/SaaS security management is helpful.
• Experience at a financial institution is a plus.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) across all levels of the organization, from technical experts to senior executives. Comfortable working with distributed team members using video conferencing, instant messaging, telephone calls, etc.
• Strong attention to detail, confident enough to raise questions and identify issues.
• Enjoys trouble shooting and puzzle solving.

Required Skills
1. Influence
2. Result Orientation
3. Solution Design
4. Stakeholder Management
5. Technical Strategy Development
6. Access and Identity Management
7. Critical Thinking
8. Cyber Security
9. Information Systems Management
10. Risk Management

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$98,400.00 - $160,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.