Principal Information Security Engineer - Pittsfield, MA

Berkshire Bank; Pittsfield (MA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Bank is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to help engineer, architect, and enhance security technologies across identity, access, data, and cloud security. You will collaborate with IT, risk, and compliance teams to protect systems, customers, and employees.

The role requires extensive experience in information security, regulated banking environments, and AI security controls, with leadership responsibilities and a focus on expanding security governance and incident

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, CS, IT, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in information security or related roles; 3+ years in regulated financial environment preferred.
• Experience with Entra ID, AD, PAM, email/endpoint security, cloud and data security.
• Experience securing AI ecosystems and implementing AI security controls.

Responsibilities

• Administer and enhance enterprise information security technologies and platforms.
• Lead design and implementation of security architecture and engineering programs.
• Mentor security engineering staff and provide strategic direction.
• Maintain security standards across identities, networks, endpoints, and data.
• Collaborate on AI security architecture, risk management, and governance.

Skills

Information Security Principles

Identity & Access Management

Incident Response

Security Monitoring

Threat Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security or related field

Equivalent combination of education and certifications

Security certifications preferred (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC)

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

SIEM

Data Loss Prevention

Cloud Security Tools

Job description

Officer: VP
Division: Technology
Department: Information Security
Reports to: Chief Security Officer
Status: Exempt/ Officer
Grade: 13
Salary Range: $96,089 - $177,069
Location: MA, CT, NY, VT, RI

Principal Objective

Supports the Company's Information Security Program by engineering, architecting, maintaining, and improving security technologies, identity and access controls, monitoring capabilities, and defensive security processes. The Principal Information Security Engineer partners with Information Technology, Identity and Access Management, Risk, Compliance, application owners, business units, and third-party service providers to protect Company systems, data, customers, and employees.

Key Accountabilities:

• Administer, maintain, and enhance enterprise information security technologies, including endpoint security, email security, data loss prevention, application security, network security, identity protection, cloud security, logging, monitoring, and security related platforms. Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise security architecture and engineering programs.
• Lead and develop Information Security Engineering staff while serving as the senior technical contributor, providing operational oversight, and strategic direction.
• Maintain security standards across cloud, network, endpoints, identity, application, and data security domains.
• Partner with Identity and Access Management to improve access control, privileged access management, authentication, conditional access, role-based access, and user lifecycle security controls.
• Serve as the Company's technical leader for AI security architecture and AI risk management. Assists in designing security frameworks and technical guardrails for Generative AI, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, and emerging AI technologies. Assists with evaluating security risks associated with AI platforms, agents, models, APIs, third-party AI vendors, and cloud AI services. Assists with developing controls for data protection, AI monitoring, identity management, and secure AI deployment.
• Develop and maintain security standards, procedures, runbooks, technical documentation, diagrams, control evidence, and operational playbooks for assigned security platforms and processes.
• Assist with security assessments for new systems, technology changes, vendor solutions, mergers, integrations, branch initiatives, and enterprise projects to ensure appropriate security requirements are identified and implemented.
• Support audit, regulatory, risk assessment, and compliance activities by providing evidence, explaining technical controls, remediating findings, and maintaining documentation that demonstrates control effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to automate security operations, improve alert quality, reduce manual processes, strengthen detection capabilities, and mature the Company's overall security posture.
• Requires a high degree of collaboration with IT Operations, Infrastructure, Service Desk, Application Support, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Compliance, and business stakeholders to resolve security issues and support secure business operations.
• Participate in security incident response, change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and other operational activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with all banking laws, rules, regulations, and prescribed policies/practices/procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards related to and required by one's duties.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, and relevant experience may be considered.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, Security+, Microsoft Security certifications, or related credentials preferred.

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity engineering, security operations, infrastructure security, identity security, or related technology roles.
• 3+ years of experience supporting security technologies in a regulated financial institution, banking environment, or similarly regulated industry preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, privileged access management, email security tools, endpoint security tools, cloud security, network security, data security, security automation, SIEM/logging.
• Experience securing AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, or similar AI ecosystems. Experience implementing security controls for AI systems, including data loss prevention (DLP), access controls, encryption, prompt security, model protection, vendor security reviews, and monitoring for AI-related threats and misuse.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of information security principles, defense-in-depth, identity and access management, incident response, secure configuration, and security monitoring.
• Working knowledge of banking security expectations, risk management practices, audit evidence requirements, and regulatory frameworks such as FFIEC, GLBA, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and related industry guidance.
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze security events, system behavior, logs, vulnerabilities, and control exceptions.
• Ability to translate technical security issues into clear business risk language for IT, business, risk, audit, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop standards, procedures, summaries, diagrams, and control evidence.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, document work clearly, meet deadlines, and drive issues to resolution.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, integrity, and sound judgment when handling sensitive information and security incidents.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration platforms.

Beacon Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.