Cloud Security Engineer – Azure Defender, Prisma Cloud, Cortex Cloud

PNC

Cloud Security Engineer advancing PNC’s banking cloud security through Azure, AWS, Palo Alto CNAPPs, control governance, and Power BI dashboards.

Posted 9/5/2026full-timePittsburgh • Alabama, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $91,000 - $185,900 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud security management, including vendor relationship management with Azure, AWS, and Palo Alto, and the ability to develop and implement security controls and dashboards. Proficient in analyzing security gaps and automating attestation evidence to enhance cloud security capabilities.

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Cloud Security ManagementVendor Relationship ManagementCNAPP KnowledgeDashboard DevelopmentSecurity Controls Analysis

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Hard Skills

Cloud SecuritySecurity ControlsDashboard DevelopmentTechnical TroubleshootingRisk AssessmentsInformation SecurityNetwork SecurityAccess ControlImplementation DocumentationChange Control

Soft Skills

Relationship BuildingAnalytical ThinkingEffective CommunicationProblem SolvingCustomer Needs Understanding

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Power BIAzureAWSPalo AltoCortex Cloud

Industry Keywords

Cloud SecurityIT StandardsIT Systems ManagementInformation Security ManagementGovernance Processes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with technical-control owners to test and evaluate Cortex Cloud capabilities and reduce tool sprawl
Enable partners with access to lower environments for testing and analysis
Build vendor relationships and ensure appropriate vendor response and support
Engage Enterprise Architecture and obtain approvals for new cloud-security capabilities
Own vendor relationships with Azure, AWS, and Palo Alto
Champion issues with vendors and hold them accountable for resolving problems and bugs
Plan and lead Quarterly Business Reviews
Serve as RCSA Control Owner for Cloud Security TEC083
Provide recurring attestation evidence for cloud-security controls
Review and analyze TEC083, identify control gaps, and determine when controls are no longer applicable or belong in another RAU
Work with the Cloud Security team to automate attestation evidence
Develop Microsoft Power BI cloud-security dashboard views for Azure and AWS configuration violations
Provide senior leaders, stakeholders, and lines of business with accurate and timely information
Report dashboard-usage statistics
Gather customer requirements and build the Cloud Security Roadmap backlog
Apply security concepts and technical expertise to design, build, maintain, configure, and implement technology solutions
Translate architectural designs into implementation, sizing, integration, onboarding, and operationalization details
Evaluate patches, updates, maintenance, and impacts of new standards
Use change-control and governance processes
Produce implementation, configuration, design, and engineering documentation
Work with operational partners to transition solutions and support day-to-day operations
Provide production engineering support and collaborate with other groups

Requirements

What you’ll need

University/college degree, typically a bachelor's degree
5+ years of industry-relevant experience
In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience, including military service, may be considered
Knowledge of CNAPP, security controls, and dashboard development
Preferable working knowledge of at least one CNAPP: AWS, Azure, or Palo Alto
Ability to work with ambiguity
Strong relationship-building and maintenance skills
Ability to understand customer needs
Ability to influence partners to adopt CNAPP capabilities
Knowledge of access control, information security, network security, risk assessments, and security technologies
Analytical thinking, effective communications, information security management, information security technologies, IT environment, IT standards/procedures/policies, IT systems management, network and internet security, problem solving, and technical troubleshooting
No required certifications
No required licenses
No required or preferred language assessments
Must work from a quiet, secure, and confidential home-based workspace if remote work is approved
No employment visa sponsorship or STEM OPT participation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/prescription drug coverage with a Health Savings Account feature
Dental and vision options
Employee and spouse/child life insurance
Short- and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
Pension plan
Stock purchase plan
Dependent care reimbursement account
Back-up child/elder care
Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
Robust wellness program with financial incentives
Maternity and/or parental leave
Up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year
15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level
Remote work in select geographic locations, subject to approval
Quiet, secure, confidential home-based workspace arrangement
Incentive-eligible compensation based on company, business, and/or individual performance