Senior Security Architect: Threat Modeling & Response

Truist Financial Corporation; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 160,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Disability insurance

Job summary

Truist Financial Corporation in Charlotte, NC is seeking a senior security engineer to design, develop, and optimize advanced cybersecurity capabilities. You will baselines systems, analyze trends, and prepare for future requirements to deliver reliable and secure technology with meaningful impact across the department and organization.

The role is onsite (5 days a week) at a Truist core location in the Southeast, and you will mentor other engineers, lead threat modeling efforts, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Extensive experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
• Expertise in threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Proven experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.
• Familiarity with OWASP ASVS, MITRE ATT&CK, and NIST SSDF frameworks.
• Experience leading threat modeling engagements for complex distributed systems.
• Advanced cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CEH, GIAC).

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements sophisticated cybersecurity solutions that safeguard assets and provide technical direction for complex implementations.
• Performs and enhances threat modeling for high-risk platforms and services, identifying remediation opportunities.
• Acts as a senior technical expert for difficult security issues, diagnosing problems and developing reusable solutions.
• Evaluates emerging threats and trends to inform roadmaps and operational plans.
• Partners with senior leadership, product, and engineering teams to implement secure by design architecture and governance controls.
• Establishes security baselines, guardrails, and control patterns for systems and applications in the domain.
• Provides senior technical leadership during major incident response and forensics investigations.
• Mentors and coaches engineers through code/design reviews and training to grow security skills.
• Contributes input into divisional technology strategy and risk management approaches.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security testing

Penetration testing

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Automation tools

Threat modeling tools

Security monitoring tools

Job description

Truist Financial Corporation in Charlotte, NC is seeking a senior security engineer to design, develop, and optimize advanced cybersecurity capabilities. You will baselines systems, analyze trends, and prepare for future requirements to deliver reliable and secure technology with meaningful impact across the department and organization.

The role is onsite (5 days a week) at a Truist core location in the Southeast, and you will mentor other engineers, lead threat modeling efforts, and collaborate