Lead, Database Infrastructure Security Engineer

Prudential Financial; The Ironbound (NJ); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid Time Off

Parental leave

Military leave

401(k) match

Pension plan

Wellness program

Work-life resources

Education benefit

Employee stock purchase plan

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Prudential Financial is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Security Engineer to partner with product teams to enhance database security posture and automate security from development through production. The role spans AWS/Azure/Linux databases, with a focus on proactive protection and scalable security features across the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings advanced security expertise, strong problem solving, and excellent communication to lead efforts in security automation, monitoring,

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or related field.
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and TDD.
• Ability to learn new skills continually.

Responsibilities

• Create, code and support automated infrastructure/security solutions.
• Provide services to software teams for infrastructure monitoring and security.
• Ensure product security throughout the lifecycle and integrate updates.
• Collaborate with product owners and tech leads to design robust solutions.
• Automate test cases and improve automation capabilities.
• Document solutions and drive adoption of developed solutions.
• Coach team members and embed learning and innovation.

Skills

Mentoring

Agile

Python

Shell/Power

SQL

OS/Cloud knowledge

Docker

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

IBM Guardium

Imperva DAM

Ansible

CloudFormation

Terraform

SNOW

Splunk

Job description

Job Classification: Technology - Engineering & Cloud

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role As a Lead, Infrastructure Security Engineer in Security Services Data protection, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve database security posture. You will design and develop security features for our products, systems, applications and/or solutions that solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services, and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to advanced technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Create, code and support solutions to automate the creation, management, or destruction of infrastructure and related security components
• Provide easily consumable services to software development teams to assist in the consumption of database infrastructure monitoring solutions and partner to implement them
• Ensures product security is maintained throughout the product lifecycle, integrating new security features and updates into existing products.
• Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact and support the goals
• Automate unit and integration test cases, solve problems, and add new value with automation
• Develop corporate platform standards based on cost, capability, and capacity requirements to drive business value; document solutions to support the adoption of developed solutions
• Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.
• Apply infrastructure fundamentals to AWS/Azure/Windows/Linux/Unix databases, network and TCP/IP, and common communication protocols
• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Shell/Power scripting, SQL, Modern languages and Ansible, CloudFormation and Terraform frameworks
• Support for Database activity monitoring, SOX compliance, threat analytics, SNOW and Splunk integration
• Managing Database configuration compliance, vulnerability management, CIS benchmarking, SNOW integration
• Support for Privileged access and entitlement reporting
• Infrastructure health checks, patching, maintenance, disaster recovery, and business continuity

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
• Ability to mentor others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
• Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Knowledge of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company’s business
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
• Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following: Applied Security Experience
• Experience working with distributed systems across different operating systems and databases, both cloud and on-premises
• Applied experience with IBM Guardium / Imperva DAM and Vulnerability Assessment (VA) (certification is a plus)
• Knowledge of various DBMS (MSSQL, Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Couchbase, MongoDB, Hadoop) and Cloud DB (Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Document DB, Redshift, RDS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, snowflake Capella etc.)
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments
• Understanding of hardware, virtual machines, networking, and protocols
• Basic risk management, auditing, and compliance knowledge
• Programming Languages: Python, Shell/Power scripting, SQL, Modern languages
• Frameworks: Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform
• Infrastructure fundamentals Linux / UNIX Operating Systems: File Permissions, Network Configuration, Services, Process Manipulation; supporting vendor security solutions
• Database Fundamentals: Schemas, Tables, Permissions, SQL, Security Networking, TCP/IP and other common
• Communication Protocols: OSI Model, 3 Way Handshake, Stateful vs Stateless, Proxy Firewall
• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
• Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption & Development
• Test/Quality capabilities & methodologies (functional & nonfunctional) and associated tooling including quality automation
• Infrastructure & Cloud Security best practices including DevSecOps
• Dev Ops Tools & Practices: awareness, understanding of DevOps automation tools, practices & capabilities (continuous integration & continuous delivery)
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Development and Design Fundamentals including SDLC and coding standards
• Cloud Computing: Understanding and knowledge (of 1 or more): AWS, Azure or GCP Cloud service consumption
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability

Preferred Qualifications

• IBM Guardium / Imperva DAM and Vulnerability Assessment (VA)

What we offer you

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $133,600.00 to $220,400.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
• Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

To maintain the integrity and security of our hiring process, Prudential may use identity verification technologies. Your consent will be obtained before any verification takes place. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [e-mail]. If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email [e-mail] to request assistance.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with approximately $1.4 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees help make lives better and create financial opportunity for more people by expanding access to investing, insurance, and retirement security.

Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for 150 years. For more information please visit news.prudential.com.

Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace Prudential Financial, Inc. serves its customers in more than 40 countries and territories, and we seek talented, creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds, worldviews, and life circumstances to work with us. We are focused on creating a fully inclusive culture, where all employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it.

At Prudential, employees have a unique opportunity to build their career path by owning their development, their career, and their future. We encourage employees to hone their skills and explore continued opportunities within Prudential.

PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), is a global investment manager with US $1.3 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023. With offices in 18countries, PGIM’s businesses offer a range of investment solutions for retail and institutional investors worldwide across a broad range of asset classes, including public fixed income, private fixed income, fundamental equity, quantitative equity, real estate, and alternatives.

For more information about PGIM, visit pgim.com.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI) of the United States is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom, or with Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom. For more information please visit news.prudential.com. PGIM Inc. (PGIM) is the principal asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI), a company incorporated and with its principal place of business in the United States. PFI of the United States is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom or with Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc, incorporated in the United Kingdom. Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace Prudential Financial, Inc. serves its customers in more than 40 countries and territories, and we seek talented, creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds, worldviews, and life circumstances to work with us. We are focused on creating a fully inclusive culture, where all employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it. At Prudential, employees have a unique opportunity to build their career path by owning their development, their career, and their future. We encourage employees to hone their skills and explore continued opportunities within Prudential.