Lead Infrastructure Security Engineer — Cloud & DB Security

pru; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential in Newark seeks a Lead, Infrastructure Security Engineer to advance database security and automation across cloud and on-prem environments. You will partner with product owners, tech leads, and delivery professionals to design secure features for databases, systems, and solutions while driving agile practices.

The role emphasizes mentoring, problem solving, and collaboration, with a focus on automating security workflows and ensuring risk and compliance are integrated into product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Ability to mentor others and leverage diverse ideas.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and TDD.
• Understanding of business concepts, tools and processes for decision-making.
• Proactive learner with strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and support automation for infrastructure and security components.
• Provide services to software teams for database infrastructure monitoring.
• Ensure product security is maintained throughout the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with product owners and tech leads on requirements and design.
• Automate unit and integration tests and drive value through automation.
• Document solutions to support adoption of developed capabilities.
• Coach team members and embed learning and innovation in daily work.
• Address complex problems with qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Apply knowledge of AWS/Azure/Windows/Linux/Unix and networking basics.
• Use Python, Shell/Power, SQL, and modern languages; leverage Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform.
• Support database activity monitoring, SOX compliance, and threat analytics.
• Manage database configuration, vulnerability management, and CIS benchmarking.
• Handle privileged access reporting and operational continuity tasks.

Skills

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Test-Driven Development

Business concepts

Learning mindset

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Security engineering

Distributed systems

DBMS knowledge

Hybrid cloud

VMs & Networking

Risk & compliance

Python

Shell/Power scripting

SQL

Ansible

CloudFormation

Terraform

Linux/Unix

Database security

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

IBM Guardium

Imperva DAM

Job description

Prudential in Newark seeks a Lead, Infrastructure Security Engineer to advance database security and automation across cloud and on-prem environments. You will partner with product owners, tech leads, and delivery professionals to design secure features for databases, systems, and solutions while driving agile practices.

The role emphasizes mentoring, problem solving, and collaboration, with a focus on automating security workflows and ensuring risk and compliance are integrated into product