AI Identity Security Engineer

Regions Financial Corporation

Hoover (AL)

On-site

USD 133,059 - 166,810

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation/Sick Time

401K with Company Match

Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

Disability Benefits

Job summary

Regions Financial Corporation is looking for a Cloud DevSecOps Engineer in Hoover, Alabama. This role focuses on developing secure CI/CD pipelines and automating cloud deployments to enhance DevSecOps practices.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud technologies, security, and process improvement. Benefits include paid time off, 401K with company match, and medical benefits.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in Information Security or IT.
Experience with deploying cloud native applications.
AWS or Azure DevOps certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for cloud applications.
Partner with IT staff to automate workflow and testing.
Ensure compliance with risk management and cybersecurity practices.

Skills

Python programming language

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of cloud infrastructure

DevSecOps best practices

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Related post‑secondary education or experience

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

At Regions, the Cloud DevSecOps Engineer contributes to the advancement of cloud strategy. The primary focus of this role includes developing, communicating, and implementing robust and secure cloud continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. This role works closely with stakeholders to create fully automated pipelines which support current DevSecOps best practices.

Primary Responsibilities

Partners with other engineers and information technology staff to orchestrate code builds, quality and security analyses, deployments, and automated testing through CI/CD release candidacy pipelines
Articulates business needs and translate them into technology solutions
Models release candidate CI/CD pipelines as a mechanism to communicate the states and steps necessary to determine a release candidate for each application and service
Designs and develops fully autonomous CI/CD pipelines which facilitate cloud deployments which includes automation of all infrastructure, services and application build and deployment
Ensures that all parts of the pipeline follow good software engineering practices to include automated tests and infrastructure tests
Researches new technologies that will improve efficiency and effectiveness
Implements highly scalable CI/CD platforms to support high change volumes and fast feedback
Automates operational activities and tasks
Responds to performance issues identified by alerts and reported incidents related to CI/CD platforms
Builds tools which reduce errors and improve our overall customer experiences
Assists in troubleshooting of production issues and ensures pipeline and infrastructure produce clear documentation and metrics which enable root cause analysis
Develops and tests – Ansible playbooks, Terraform scripts, Packer scripts, and establishes immutable infrastructure such that patches are an artifact of the past
Works with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security (InfoSec), Software Delivery, and Quality Assurance to enable the organization to move to the cloud using complete automation
Ensures compliance with risk management programs, rules and regulations, and cybersecurity practices; identifies opportunities for and supports process improvements; applies disciplined change management practices

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED and eight (8) years of related post‑secondary education and/or experience in Information Security or Information Technology

Preferences

Four (4) years of relevant DevSecOps experience
AWS DevOps certification or Azure DevOps certification
Experience in building/deploying cloud native applications – OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Experience observing real‑time metrics in the pipeline and deployment strategies – Blue/Green, Canary Deployment
Experience with either AWS or Azure cloud technologies
Experience with interfacing with secrets‑management solutions like Hashicorp Vault
Familiar with implementing chaos engineering principles in the pipeline to determine weak links and suggest solutions
Familiar with testing tools used to facilitate automation and integration of the tools into CI/CD pipelines
Must be comfortable developing pipelines as code using yaml specs, Ansible playbooks

Skills and Competencies

Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
Excellent communication skills and willingness to mentor developers and other team members in the art of DevSecOps
Excellent knowledge of cloud infrastructure, networking, services, and cloud architectural patterns; specifically, compute using virtual machines, managed infrastructure, containers, serverless, as well as database services, security services, and application services
Proficient in Python programming language
Understanding of shift‑left principles and facilitation technologies
Working knowledge of Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Git, ServiceNow a big plus

Additional Responsibilities and Preferred Qualifications

Design and enforce scalable authorization models for AI agents and non‑human identities across AWS and multi‑cloud, enabling secure, low‑friction deployment at scale
Define identity patterns for agents and workloads (ephemeral credentials, token‑based auth, delegation, scoped permissions) across their full lifecycle
Build automated guardrails for provisioning, privilege management, and runtime access—leveraging CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and reusable, idempotent frameworks
Establish enterprise standards for non‑human identity governance, including lifecycle controls, auditability, and policy enforcement across hybrid environments
Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed identity controls into agent frameworks, SDKs, and deployment pipelines
Apply strong engineering practices (Python, Java, PowerShell) to integrate systems via REST APIs and modern auth protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SCIM), with hands‑on experience in AWS IAM, Azure/Entra ID, and SailPoint integrations
Preferred experience: Strong background in identity governance automation, IAM, or DevSecOps, with hands‑on engineering experience; familiarity with AI/ML systems, agentic architectures, and their associated security risks

Offsite Work Location

This position is currently offsite, preferably close to a Regions office within our retail branch footprint. Associates will work from their home primarily and may be expected to go on site for meetings or other events as needed.

Visa Sponsorship

Regions will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position at this time. Applicants for this position must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Position Type

Full time

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Compensation Details

Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point‑of‑market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role.

Job Range Target:

Minimum: $133,059.85 USD

Median: $166,810.00 USD

Incentive Pay Plans: This job may participate in an annual discretionary bonus plan.

Benefits Information