AT&T

Principal Cybersecurity – HashiCorp Vault Platform

AT&T

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: CharlotteNorth CarolinaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $155,400 - $233,200 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, build, and operate a large‑scale, production HashiCorp Vault platform providing centralized secrets management across the organization
  • Implement and support high‑availability (HA) Vault clusters, ensuring reliability and uptime
  • Partner with security, platform, and application teams to integrate Vault with applications, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud/Kubernetes environments
  • Own the implementation and lifecycle of Vault authentication methods, secrets engines, and access policies
  • Automate Vault deployment, configuration, and operational workflows using Infrastructure as Code and scripting
  • Monitor Vault health, performance, and security using telemetry, audit logs, and observability tooling
  • Participate in on‑call rotations, incident response, troubleshooting, and post‑incident reviews
  • Ensure Vault configurations align with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements

Requirements

  • Hands‑on experience operating HashiCorp Vault in production, including initialization, sealing/unsealing, and day‑2 operations
  • Strong knowledge of Vault authentication methods (OIDC, LDAP, Kubernetes, cloud IAM) and secrets engines (KV, Transit, PKI, database, Kubernetes)
  • Experience running high‑availability and disaster‑tolerant Vault environments
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, for managing Vault and supporting infrastructure
  • Strong automation and scripting skills (Python, Go, Bash/Shell)
  • Experience integrating Vault with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (commonly AWS)
  • Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Solid foundation in security engineering, including encryption, PKI, identity, and access control
  • 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure, or Security Engineering roles
  • Vault Associate certification or equivalent hands‑on experience (advanced Vault operations experience preferred)
  • Familiarity with applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) techniques in cybersecurity contexts (e.g., anomaly detection, threat hunting, behavioral analytics, or risk scoring).
Benefits
  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
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Hard Skills & Tools
HashiCorp Vaulthigh-availability (HA) environmentsVault authentication methodssecrets enginesInfrastructure as CodeTerraformautomationscriptingPythonGo
Soft Skills
incident responsetroubleshootingpost-incident reviewscollaboration
Certifications
Vault Associate certification