[Hiring] Principal Information Security Architect @Fifth Third Bank

Role Description

The Principal Information Security Engineer is responsible for defining, architecting, and supporting enterprise security tools in partnership with Information Security and IT teams. This role plays a key part in advancing Zero Trust strategies and strengthening perimeter and endpoint detection and prevention capabilities across both data center and cloud environments.

Success in this role requires:

• Staying current on emerging threats and technologies.
• Identifying gaps in the security landscape.
• Selecting solutions that reduce risk to acceptable levels.
• Understanding how existing and new technologies fit together.
• Assessing vendor offerings against defined requirements.
• Ensuring seamless integration into the broader security ecosystem.
• Driving the full lifecycle of security technology adoption.

The role is also responsible for defining the security architecture and control framework for AI-enabled systems and autonomous agents, which includes:

• Establishing enterprise architectural patterns and standards for prompt-layer protections, tool-execution guardrails, agent identity, observability, and monitoring of agent planning and tool usage.
• Evaluating emerging AI security technologies.
• Defining security requirements and reference architectures to ensure AI capabilities align with Zero Trust principles and enterprise security objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Industry Standard Certifications such as, but not limited to: SANS certifications, ISC2 CISSP, and AWS are preferred.
• Eight+ years of IT work experience relevant to the position, including at least six years in a hands-on information security engineering or analyst position.
• Experience working with and supporting Cloud, Linux, and Windows systems.
• Solid conceptual understanding of distributed computing principles.
• Working knowledge of application and data security concepts, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
• Financial industry experience is a plus.
• Excellent ability to diagnose and troubleshoot accessibility issues.

Requirements

• Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group.
• Seeking and maintaining knowledge (cross/up skill) of current and upcoming IT security technologies.
• Awareness of latest and common security threats and technology trends.
• Knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings.
• Opportunity to participate in an incentive compensation plan based on company, line of business, and/or individual performance.
• Extensive benefits programs designed to support the individual needs of employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being.

Company Description

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.