Cyber Security Engineer III

First Citizens Bank

. Understand business requirements and existing system designs, security applications, and guidelines .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building data engineering pipelines and developing Python-based data applications for ingestion, transformation, and visualization. Proficient in cybersecurity practices and data governance methodologies to ensure data integrity and security.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Data Engineering PipelinesPython ProgrammingCloud Platforms (Snowflake, AWS)Data Visualization (Tableau, Plotly, Streamlit)Cybersecurity Knowledge

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Hard Skills

PythonPySparkSQLData IngestionData TransformationData VisualizationData GovernanceELT/ETL ToolsData ProcessingStatistical Analysis

Soft Skills

Analytical ThinkingCollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingDocumentation Management

Tools & Technologies

SnowflakeAWSTableauPlotlyStreamlitDBTAirflowCriblGlueFiveTran

Industry Keywords

Data EngineeringCybersecurityIT InfrastructureData GovernanceData ScienceData StorytellingMetadata ManagementStreaming Data IngestionDistributed ComputeData Lakes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSCloudCyber SecurityETLPySparkPythonSnowflakeSparkSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Understand business requirements and existing system designs, security applications, and guidelines
Work with subject matter experts to understand business process flows, functional requirements, current challenges and constraints, and future expectations
Streamline sourcing and organizing data from a wide variety of data sources using Python, PySpark, SQL, and Spark
Accelerate data for analysis
Support data curation by feeding the data catalog and knowledge bases
Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members to build and optimize data products for consumption
Work with data and analytics experts to improve functionality in data systems
Articulate data stories using data science, advanced statistical analysis, and visualization tools
Manage technical, analytical, and business documentation on data efforts
Engage in hands-on development with onsite and offsite leads and engineers
Ensure the Bank's technological and digital security, mitigate cyber threats and security risks, assess vulnerabilities, protect assets and information, and resolve security incidents

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree and 6 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 10 years' experience in Systems Engineering, Network, or Information Security
7+ years of experience in building data engineering pipelines on both on-premise and cloud platforms (Snowflake, AWS)
7+ years of experience in developing Python based data-applications to support data ingestion, transformation, and data visualizations (Plotly, Streamlit)
Strong experience programming/scripting in Python, PySpark, and SQL and building resilient data pipelines, automations, and observability
Knowledge of Cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and Software concepts
5+ years of hands-on experience using cloud data engineering, lakes, distributed compute, and data processing
3+ years of developing data visualizations using Tableau, Plotly, Streamlit, and PowerBI
Experience with ELT/ETL tools like DBT, DataBahn, Airflow, Cribl, Glue, FiveTran, and AirByte
Experience capturing incremental data changes, streaming data ingestion, and stream processing
Experience in processes supporting data governance, data structures, and metadata management
Solid grasp of data and analytics concepts and methodologies including data science, data engineering, and data storytelling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program
Benefits information available at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits