Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. First Citizens Bank is a financial institution seeking a Principal Cyber Security Engineer to support multiple projects and develop standard operating procedures for Privileged Access Management (PAM). The role requires strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills along with in-depth experience in managing passwords and credentials in PAM solutions.
Responsibilities
- Support the deployment and integration of privileged account security solutions
- Ability to discuss technical concepts and interdependencies with customers
- Experience gathering high level functional and operational requirements
- Experience developing and managing multiple system designs concurrently
- Provide operation and maintenance of existing PAM solutions
- Develop design documentation, standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and implementation/deployment plans for privileged account security solutions and identity governance solutions
- Provide after-hours and on-call production support when required
- Develop diagrams and documentation to support infrastructure configuration changes
- Provide security tool enhancements and performance tuning to increase capability to support new requirements
- Plan, test, and deploy firmware, software upgrades, and security fixes
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Network, or Information Security OR High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Network, or Information Security
- Experience supporting PAM solutions (CyberArk, HashiCorp, Delinea, etc.) in enterprise environment
- Hands-on PowerShell/Python or similar scripting experience
- Ability to proficiently utilize SailPoint identity management system a plus
- Proficiency with MS Visio, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Background in information security systems with specific knowledge around access control
- Background in role-based access control for privileged access
- Hands-on Windows 2019 or later Server administration experience
- Hands-on Active Directory and LDAP query experience
- Functional understanding of TCP/IP networks and firewalls
- Functional understanding of the following protocols: TCP, UDP, DNS, NetBIOS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, SSL
- Strong UNIX/Linux system administration experience
Company Overview
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more. It was founded in 1898, and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.firstcitizens.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
First Citizens Bank has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 105 in 2026, 126 in 2025, 115 in 2024, 249 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 12 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.