Cyber Security Engineer III - IAM/SSO (Remote)

Responsibilities

• Administers tools or processes that secure assigned technical areas and data.
• Participates in security audits, identifies security gaps, and develops and implements risk mitigation solutions.
• Ensures compliance with necessary protocols, configurations, or procedures.
• Identifies and evaluates potential threats or vulnerabilities in the Bank's networks, applications, or systems.
• Compiles data from external or internal sources and creates actionable intelligence based on review of analysis.
• Maintains a current knowledge of technology, emerging threats, and security trends within the assigned technical area.
• Provides guidance on appropriate security protocols.
• Serves as a resource to other business units.
• Ensures team members are trained on the current trends, threats, and applicable technologies.
• Investigates and resolves complex, escalated security incidents which may include unauthorized access, malware infections, configuration anomalies, cyber attacks, and other risks.
• Affords assistance in the development of security policies, standards, and strategies for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience in systems engineering, networking or information security technologies -OR-
• High school diploma or GED with a minimum of 10 years of experience in systems engineering, networking or information security technologies.

Required Skills

• Working knowledge of federated authentication protocols, including SAML and OpenID Connect (OIDC).
• Demonstrated experience automating repetitive security or identity tasks.
• Scripting and automation experience using PowerShell.
• Python scripting experience.
• Experience with one or more enterprise IAM/SSO platforms (e.g., Okta, Ping).
• Familiarity with step-up / adaptive authentication concepts.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code practices (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience building identity or security workflow automations (e.g., Okta Workflows).
• Familiarity with passwordless technologies (e.g., Windows Hello, Okta FastPass).
• Familiarity with identity threat protection tools (e.g., Silverfort).

Benefits

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.