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Truist

Lead Security Engineer – Threat Modeling

Truist

. Design and implement sophisticated cybersecurity solutions protecting critical organizational and divisional assets .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in cybersecurity principles, threat modeling, and security architecture, with a strong focus on implementing complex security solutions and compliance. Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and contribute to strategic risk management.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Cybersecurity PrinciplesThreat ModelingSecurity TestingInformation Security TechnologiesAdvanced Cybersecurity Certifications

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Hard Skills
Threat ModelingPenetration TestingApplication Security ArchitectureSecurity AutomationSecurity Testing Findings AnalysisCryptographyAPI SecurityNetwork Trust BoundariesSecure Data FlowsSoftware Development Lifecycle Security
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipMentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
OWASP ASVSMITRE ATT&CKNIST SSDFSTRIDEPASTASecurity Automation ToolsAdvanced Threat Detection Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
CISSPCISMCEHGIAC
Industry Keywords
Cybersecurity SolutionsVulnerability RemediationIncident ResponseForensic InvestigationsRegulatory Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cyber SecurityDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and implement sophisticated cybersecurity solutions protecting critical organizational and divisional assets
  • Provide technical direction for complex cybersecurity implementations aligned with established strategies
  • Perform and enhance comprehensive threat modeling for high-risk platforms and services
  • Identify complex vulnerabilities and recommend remediation strategies
  • Diagnose recurring security problems and develop innovative, reusable solutions
  • Evaluate emerging security threats, technology trends, and architectural patterns
  • Provide recommendations for technical roadmaps and operational plans
  • Partner with senior leadership, product, and engineering teams on security architecture, secure-by-design practices, and governance controls
  • Establish and document security baselines, guardrails, and control patterns
  • Support regulatory and policy compliance at scale
  • Provide senior technical leadership during major incident response and forensic investigations
  • Improve response execution, tooling usage, and recovery playbooks
  • Mentor and coach senior and midlevel engineers through reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical training
  • Contribute expert input to technology strategy, security standards, and risk management approaches

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in security engineering or related cybersecurity roles
  • Deep specialized knowledge in cybersecurity principles, theories, and concepts
  • Extensive experience in software development lifecycle security practices
  • Expertise in threat modeling, security testing, and penetration testing
  • Proven experience implementing and managing complex information security technologies
  • Deep familiarity with OWASP ASVS, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE CAPEC, CWE, and NIST SSDF
  • Experience developing or improving threat modeling standards, templates, processes, tooling, or automation
  • Ability to lead threat modeling engagements for complex, distributed systems with minimal oversight
  • Experience prioritizing threats based on exploitability, business impact, compensating controls, and realistic attack scenarios
  • Experience using security testing findings to validate threat modeling findings
  • Experience with STRIDE, PASTA, attack trees, abuse cases, or data-flow-based threat analysis
  • Strong understanding of application security architecture, authentication and authorization, session management, secrets management, cryptography, API security, network trust boundaries, and secure data flows
  • Advanced cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or GIAC
  • Experience with security automation, orchestration, and advanced threat detection tools
  • Familiarity with emerging cybersecurity technologies, industry trends, and strategic risk management
  • English language fluency required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
  • Tax-preferred savings accounts
  • 401k plan
  • At least 10 days of vacation during the first year, prorated based on date of hire and full-time or part-time status
  • 10 sick days, prorated
  • Paid holidays
  • Defined benefit pension plan, depending on position and division
  • Restricted stock units, depending on position and division
  • Deferred compensation plan, depending on position and division