[Hiring] Data Protection Engineer @Truist

Role Description

Designs, builds, and implements enterprise infrastructure technologies through the Rubrik product suite, with demonstrated expertise leading automation, AI, and Infrastructure-as-Code delivery to enable scalable, secure, and reliable business operations. Applies strong technical knowledge, skills, and automation to develop solutions, optimize systems, and achieve operational targets with significant impact on the job area.

***Telecommuting/Remote workstyle may be considered for well-qualified individuals located outside of the Truist footprint. Teammate will work hours supporting Eastern Standard Time***

For this opportunity, Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration-related support for this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Applies automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques to ensure high availability and performance of infrastructure.
• Manages infrastructure engineering projects and processes aligned with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to integrate new technologies and continuously improve infrastructure standards and processes.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues impacting infrastructure performance and reliability.
• Supports compliance with technology strategies, standards, and governance to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory adherence.
• Reviews and guides infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to support operational consistency and knowledge sharing.
• Provides technical guidance and direction to lower-level technical professionals.
• Develops technical solutions with deep analysis of infrastructure systems and leads infrastructure processes.
• Operates with high ownership and can make meaningful progress without fully defined requirements.
• Communicates technical complexity in plain language and can effectively engage both executive and technical audiences.
• Comfortable operating in environments that include legacy technologies, ongoing modernization efforts, and emerging capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware.

Requirements

• Leads the design, build, and implementation of Rubrik-based enterprise data protection platforms, with 5+ years of experience.
• 3+ years of experience designing and supporting solutions across AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• 3+ years of experience leading Infrastructure-as-Code automation using Python, including Rubrik workflow automation.
• Experience using Rally to manage Agile work, user stories, and feature delivery.
• Experience using Confluence for technical documentation and knowledge management.
• 5+ years of experience with ServiceNow, including CMDB, incident, change, and problem management.
• Proficiency in GitLab CI/CD pipeline authoring, including multi-stage pipelines, runners, environments, and security scanning integration.
• Working knowledge of Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform, including playbook authoring, inventory management, and AAP workflow templates.
• 1-2+ years of experience applying AI models and Infrastructure-as-Code to automate operational workflows.
• Proficiency with SRE telemetry tools like Splunk, Grafana and the ability to build dashboards along with being specific on python frameworks like fast API and Django.
• Master’s degree in relevant technical discipline.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services environment where compliance constraints directly shape technical architecture decisions.
• Experience with OPA (Open Policy Agent) and policy-as-code patterns in pipeline enforcement contexts.
• Infrastructure-as-code competency in Terraform or equivalent, with demonstrated deployment experience in Azure and/or AWS environments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment.
• Tax-preferred savings accounts and a 401k plan.
• No less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during the first year of employment.
• 10 sick days (also prorated) and paid holidays.
• Eligibility for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.