Cloud Security Principal Engineer

The Opportunity

The Cloud Security Principal Engineer position at Ally is a member of the Information Protection and Risk Management team and works closely with other members of the IPRM program to identify, manage, and mitigate security risks at Ally. The engineer is part of a broader team of security engineers reporting to the Sr. Director, Cloud Security who are responsible for developing, deploying, and integrating technical controls and tools to meet specific security requirements, as well as defining processes and standards to ensure that security configurations and tools are maintained. This is a project focused resource within the organization and will focus on designing and implementing both technologies and governance processes focused on our SaaS platforms.

This resource will have potential opportunity to transition into a longer-term engagement to continue to mature and improve the SaaS security service.

The Work

• Support our existing cloud security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other technologies such as DevOps toolchain, Cloud automation, SaaS posture management, AI and other technologies.
• Define and mature cloud-focused security policies and controls (governance, processes, frameworks, metrics).
• Manage the day to day troubleshooting of the enterprise CSPM platform and other security controls. This includes: Configuration tuning, troubleshooting, as well as defining and executing escalation criteria.
• Work with Security teams to tune control systems to best meet the need of the business.
• Able to identify security risks and work with IPRM team to report and lead the remediation efforts.
• Perform architecture and engineering responsibilities in support of existing technologies and new security projects.
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly health checks, user activity audits and must have good knowledge in determining baseline offsets.
• Identify, Implement, and Operationalize security technologies and processes to improve visibility and reduce risk.
• Partner with other technical leaders throughout the organization to refine and mature Ally’s security posture for cloud-based technologies and platforms, as well as identifying and maturing our application security capabilities.
• Consult with project teams to ensure that platform architecture has proper security controls in place (focused on Cloud Providers / SaaS engagements).

The Skills You Bring

• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field(s) of study or equivalent
• Demonstrated technical expertise in two or more technology areas (compute, storage, network, data, etc)
• Experience as a software developer with knowledge of automation, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps + CI/CD tools and processes
• Strong programming skills in Python, Terraform, and experience in frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch
• 5+ years of experience in information security practices, controls, and governance (CISSP preferred)
• 5+ years of experience as a technical resource within an IT organization (enterprise / matrixed organization preferred)
• 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms (operational experience preferred for AWS, Azure, GCP, etc)
• Demonstrate technical expertise/working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 LLM and AI Security
• Builds partnerships, translates complexities into simple terms, ability to maintain focus on objectives Process/procedures, standards/policies, architectures, etc)

How We'll Have Your Back

• Compensation: Market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals.
• Total Rewards: Industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including: Time Away, Planning for the Future, Supporting your Health & Well-being, Building a Family, Work-Life Integration, and Other Compensations.