Job Information
Citizens Principal Security Engineer in Tallahassee, Florida
Description
At Citizens, we’re more than a bank. Here you’ll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role and make an impact.
While in this role, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of high-fidelity security detections, automated response workflows, and data pipelines across our enterprise security ecosystem. The successful candidate brings deep expertise with multiple security telemetry sources, as well as a deep understanding of security logging and alerting. You will be asked to mentor junior engineers by leading collaboration both within the team and across other team including internal audit and risk.
Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally.
Primary responsibilities include
Define and lead security initiatives across all development and cloud teams.
Define system security requirements, architecture, design, development, evaluation, certification, and accreditation for tactical systems.
Support security business development and acquisition activities including proposal development, estimation and technical evaluation responses.
Apply risk management concepts to mitigate vulnerabilities in security architectures.
Keep security content and software up to date utilizing proper change management process.
Collaborate cross functionally with security teams to ensure we are addressing security concerns at the right level.
Share oversight of execution on all aspects of the design, development, integration, and test of the products.
Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials
Required Qualifications
Extensive hands-on experience with Splunk (ES/SPL/Knowledge Objects)
Hands-on experience or knowledge of Cribl (Stream/Edge/Cloud), CrowdStrike, Cisco, Palo Alto, Okta, AWS, Azure
Extensive knowledge of security logging
Strong interpersonal skills, work independently, communicate effectively
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience or knowledge of CSPM tooling, and AI logging and detection
Hours & Work Schedule
Hours per Week: 40
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
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Equal Employment Opportunity
Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.
Why Work for Us
At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth
Background Check
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.
03/20/2026