Senior Security Engineer: Threat Modeling & Incident Response

Truist; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k plan

Vacation and sick leave

Job summary

Truist seeks an experienced security engineer to design and operate foundational infrastructure security services, including AD, ADFS, DNS, and related platforms. Based in the Charlotte, NC area with office options in Atlanta, Raleigh, or Wilson, this role emphasizes threat modeling, security testing, and secure-by-design practices.

You will lead incident response activities, coach teammates, and drive end-to-end security programs across the SDLC, partnering with product and engineering teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles.
• Advanced knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts.
• Proven experience in software development lifecycle security practices.
• Advanced knowledge of threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing.
• Experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements cybersecurity solutions that protect critical assets within the job area, contributing to the technical design and implementation approach while following established strategies and patterns.
• Performs threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing for the platforms and services in scope, using structured analysis to identify and remediate significant vulnerabilities.
• Integrates and configures information security technologies in production environments, implementing and refining configuration patterns, automation, and handoff steps for assigned systems or services.
• Serves as a technical escalation point within the team for challenging security issues, investigating root causes and developing practical, reusable fixes that improve team workflows.
• Evaluates relevant security threats, tools, and design options, and provides input that helps shape technical plans, priorities, and goals for the job area.
• Collaborates closely with product and engineering teammates to apply security architecture guidance, secure by design practices, and governance controls in day-to-day development activities.
• Develops and maintains security baselines, guardrails, and control implementations for systems and applications in the area of responsibility, helping support regulatory and policy compliance.
• Leads the technical execution of incident response and basic forensic activities for services in scope, following playbooks, coordinating tasks with teammates, and suggesting improvements to procedures and tooling.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and informal training to other security engineers and technical teammates, sharing best practices through design and code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Leads significant security engineering workstreams or end-to-end processes within the job area, coordinating contributions from lower level technical professionals and reviewing outputs for quality and alignment.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security testing

Penetration testing

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Active Directory

KMS

MIM

ADFS

RDL

DFS

DNS

DHCP

ISE

Quest product suite

PowerShell

Job description

Truist seeks an experienced security engineer to design and operate foundational infrastructure security services, including AD, ADFS, DNS, and related platforms. Based in the Charlotte, NC area with office options in Atlanta, Raleigh, or Wilson, this role emphasizes threat modeling, security testing, and secure-by-design practices.

You will lead incident response activities, coach teammates, and drive end-to-end security programs across the SDLC, partnering with product and engineering teams to