Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Role Summary/Purpose:
TheVP,StaffCryptographyEngineerwillserveas akey role in safeguardingenterprisemulti-cloudsystems, networks, and data.The positionisresponsiblefordesigning,developing,driving,implementing,leadingand managingmulti-cloudInformation SecurityEngineering activities for the Cryptographyprogram,includingtheunderlyingcapabilities/technologies.In addition, this role willbe responsible foracting as atrustedpeer and stakeholderadvisor within the organization, working closely withInformation Security Engineeringleadership to ensure delivery of the overall program roadmapagainst the Cryptography strategy and vision.
TheVP,StaffCryptography Engineeris part of the Synchrony Information Security Cryptography Team, serving as aPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI) lead while supporting other efforts, such asCloud Security, Cryptography, Information Security, Key/Secrets Management, Privacy, and Tokenization.The candidate would have an engineering position focused on delivering critical/key enterprise data protection controls, efficient supporting processes, & comprehensive automation capabilities to protect & enable Synchronys Information Security Engineering strategy at scale. The candidate is expected to have a strong understanding and technical work experience with Cloud Security, Cryptography,DevSecOps, Information Security, Key/Secrets Management, PKI (competency skills/work experience domains include automation, controls, governance, lifecycle management, operations, process engineering, and security standards development).
Essential Responsibilities:
Adopting and promoting engineering excellence byidentifyingefficiencies and synergies through means of automation, collaboration, and orchestration
Collaborates with architecture toidentifycapability gaps, develop requirements,identifysolutions to address,assistwith proof of concepts and testing of solutions
Implementation and technical lead responsibilities that include ongoingDevSecOps/Engineeringsupport for a global cryptography programthatleveragesa portfolio ofmulti-clouddata protection capabilities
Managing technology fromtheground up and understanding gaps within the tech stack, including overlap with other technology and/or coverage, capability gaps
Maintaining technology from a business as usual (BAU) aspect by ensuring the proper change management,disasterrecover,incident managementprocessesare occurring and current
Participate as one of several technical leads on team ofInformationSecurity engineers
Participate in authoring, editing, providing, or reviewing documentation (procedures, standards) to ensure a well-managed and mature security infrastructure
Partners with peerswithintheorganizationtoeffectively prioritize work by usingAgile processesand ensuring risks, impediments, and asks are brought to leadership ina timelyfashion
Plays a hands-on role in the engineering and implementation ofmulti-cloudsecurity measures that protectenterprise applications,computer systems,information, infrastructure, andnetworks
Plays a key role in designing and buildingmulti-cloudsolutionsthatsafeguard theorganizationsplatformsand systems
Proactivelyidentifiesproblems and clearlyarticulatessolutionsand recommendations
Provide day-to-day administration and support formulti-cloudinfrastructure related to API, application security, firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection systems, PKI, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, security monitoring tools, penetration testing, authentication, web filtering, identity management, or access control systems, and their associated logs and processes
Providingengineering/operationssupport formulti-cloudtechnology and processes, ensuring superior customer service is being met, andidentifyingprocess improvements
Serving as aleader,mentor, andsubject-matter expert (SME) to other InformationSecurityteam members and/or stakeholders throughout the organization
Serving as aSAFeProduct Owner for cryptographic technologies, accountable fordefining/leading/maintainingthe team backlog and product roadmap
Supporting a you build it you own it modelmeaning the technology built byEngineering is also supported from a wing-to-wing operations aspect
Works closely with Information Security program manager, scrum master, and architects to convey technical impacts todevelopment/engineeringtimeline and risks
Work independently inidentifyingopportunities to improve engineering or other performance for Information Security/Technology & other functions across Synchrony
Work withEnterprise andInformation Security/Technologyapplication owners, architects, developers,engineers, and governance teamsto drive program delivery
Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelordegree with a minimum of 5years experiencein Application Development, Information Security, Systems Engineering or related field; in lieu of a degree, a High School Diploma/GEDand minimum 7 years equivalent work experience
Minimum3+ years of experience in Cloud
Minimum3+yearsof experience in Cryptography
Minimum3+yearsof experience inDevSecOps
Minimum3+ years of experience in leadership roles (as Cryptography Engineer is preferred)
Minimum4+ years of experience with regulatory compliance and information security management frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ISO27001, NIST, etc.)
Proficient hands-on technical/workingexpertise with APIdevelopment, API security, AWS(Certificate Manager, KMS, Private CA,Secrets Manager),Azure(Key Vault),big data,CI/CD pipelines,Cloudbees/Jenkins,Cloudera, containers,cryptography methodologies,data encryption,databases,GCP (Cloud KMS, Secret Manager)Git/Github, Go,HashiCorpVault,Java,key/secrets management,Linux, Perl, PKI, Python,storage security,Terraform,tokenization
Excellent oral communication and writing skills. Adept and presenting complex topics,influencingand executing withtimely/ actionable follow-through
Desired Characteristics:
Ability to work under pressure and sustain productivity with multiple simultaneous projectsacross cross-functional engineering and operational information security teams
Certifications in audit, big data, cloud, cybersecurity, governance, information security, PCI, privacy, risk; AWS, Azure, CSA, GCP, GIAC, IAPP, ISC2, ISACA, PCI
Cloud Security experience, especially around designing, building, managing solutionswith the following vendors:
AWS(Primary)
Azure
GCP
Creativity and individual thinking, the ability to work both independently & with teams
Cyber Security experience, especially around designing, building, managing solutions
Demonstrate technicalexpertisein existing Information Technology/Security systems with the ability to keep pace with evolving security and technologies
Demonstrate an understanding of business needs and commitment to deliveringconsistent,efficient, high quality, reliable and responsive service to the business
Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of emerging business and end-user technologies have on Information Security architecture/engineering requirements
Demonstrated experience communicating complex and technical issues to diverse audiences (verbally and in writing), in an actionable and easy to understand manner
Demonstrated team focused mentality with proven experience to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
Experience with Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe
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