Cloud Security Engineer - Azure Defender/Prisma Cloud/Cortex Cloud

Fairygodboss; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 91,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Wellness program

Paid time off

Job summary

PNC is seeking a Security Engineer in its Technology organization for cloud security leadership across Azure, AWS and Palo Alto. The role involves owning vendor relationships, powering CNAPP capabilities and building a PowerBI dashboard to surface configuration violations for stakeholders.

You will engage partners, lead QBRs and provide attestation evidence for TEC083 while advancing cloud security controls in a multi-location environment.

Qualifications

• Experience applying security concepts to cloud environments and CNAPP tools.
• Ability to design, build and maintain technology solutions with strong governance.
• Proven skills in dashboard development and data visualization using PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise to design, build and maintain security solutions.
• Collaborate with architecture to translate designs into implementation details.
• Evaluate patches and updates, ensuring alignment with new standards.
• Develop detailed implementation and engineering documentation.
• Partner with operations to enable transition and day-to-day support.

Skills

CNAPP

Cloud Security

Vendor Relationships

Dashboard Dev

PowerBI

Risk Assessments

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position].

Job Profile

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a Security Engineer within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, OH; Birmingham, AL; Dallas, TX or Denver, CO.

• Work closely with our partners that have ownership of technical controls that either Cortex Cloud provides and empower our partners to test and evaluate the solution to determine if there is a fit and we as an enterprise can take advantage of it and reduce tool sprawl.
• This will require proactive relationship building with our partners and stakeholders.
• Enabling our partners with appropriate access to lower environments to perform testing and analysis
• Build relationships with vendor and ensure they are providing us and our partners with appropriate response and support to evaluate new capabilities
• Engage and work with EA and successfully obtain approvals from PNC processes to enable new capabilities that increase our security posture in Cloud.
• Own the Vendor Relationship with Azure, AWS, and Palo Alto.
• Champion our issues and challenges with each vendor and hold them accountable to correcting problems and bugs that impact this team from delivering value.
• Plan and lead Quarterly Business Review (QBR)
• RCSA Control owner for Cloud Security - TEC083
• Provide attestation evidence on recurring basis as required to each Cloud Security Control
• Review and Analyze TEC083 on recurring basis.
• Determine if there are gaps and net new controls are needed
• Determine if existing controls are no longer applicable or belong in a different RAU
• Work with Cloud Security team to automate attestation evidence
• Determine if evidence obtained manually can be automated.
• Cloud Security dashboard UI development with Microsoft PowerBI
• The Cloud Security dashboard is used by our stakeholders, partners, and the business to view Azure and AWS configuration violations. This role will help to create the dashboard views that consumers require.
• Provide statistics on dashboard usage
• Engage customers for requirements to build backlog of capabilities for Cloud Security Roadmap.

Skills

• Ability to work with ambiguity inside of the role.
• Even though there are clear responsibilities with this role, the person must be comfortable with creatively approaching their work in order effectively move the four key pillars of the role forward:
• Enabling our CNAPPs
• VRO ownership
• RCSA Control Owner
• Cloud Security Dashboard development
• Strong at building and maintaining relationships.
• Ability to understand the needs of our customers
• Ability to influence our partners to further adopt CNAPP capabilities
• Technical skills with high level understanding of CNAPP, controls, and dashboard development.
• Preferable to have working knowledge with at least one CNAPP - AWS, Azure, or Palo Alto

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Provides subject matter expertise when applying security concepts. Leverages technical knowledge and industry experience to design, build, and maintain technology solutions. Responsible for deliverables related to project timelines.
• Responsible for working with architecture to take high level architectural designs and determine the specifics around implementation details (ex: sizing) integration details, onboarding and operationalization.
• Evaluates patches, updates, and ongoing maintenance. Determines impacts to existing solutions when new standards are implemented. Utilizes change control and other governance processes to ensure alignment of solutions .
• Develops detailed implementation, configuration, design, and engineering documentation. Build and implement solutions.
• Works with operational partners to enable transition and day-to-day supportability.
• Provides engineering support to existing technology in a production environment and collaborating with other groups as required. Seeks opportunities to grow a broad knowledge base to complement specific subject matter expertise.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Access Control (AC), Building Architecture, Customer Solutions, Disaster Recovery Planning, Information Security, Network Security, Physical Security, Risk Assessments, Security Technologies

Competencies

Analytical Thinking, Effective Communications, Information Security Management, Information Security Technologies, IT Environment, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, IT Systems Management, Network and Internet Security, Problem Solving, Technical Troubleshooting

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Certifications

No Required Certification(s)

Licenses

No Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $91,000.00 - $185,900.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 07/27/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11