Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity The Principal - Cyber Security Engineering works closely with members ofthe IPRM program to develop, implement and support a wide range of critical security controls at Ally. The engineer works with a team of security engineers within the Engineering and Operations Department todeploy, sustain and monitor technical controls and tools to meet specific security requirements, and help with defining processes to ensure that security configurations and tools are maintained.

The Work Itself

• Primary responsibility will be support our existing security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other technologies such as, Proxy technologies, Email Gateways and other technologies.
• Operations and monitoring of FireEye policies and Firewalls across the enterprise.
• Managing the day to day troubleshooting of the enterprise FireEye and Firewalls, and other security controls.
• This includes configuration tuning, troubleshooting, as well as defining and executing escalation criteria.
• Work with Security teams to tune control systems to best meet the needof the business
• Ability to identify security risks and work with IPRM team to report and lead the remediation efforts.
• Provide expert level troubleshooting for supported technologies.
• Perform architecture and engineering responsibilities in support of existing technologies and new security projects.
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly health checks, user activity audits and must have good knowledge in determining baseline offsets.

The Qualifications We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field of study preferred.
• Primary responsibility will be support our existing security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other technologies such as, Proxy technologies, Email Gateways and other technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of maintaining Firewalls, rules and policies.
• Demonstrated knowledge and 5+ years' experience troubleshooting Checkpoint Firewall and upgrades.
• Demonstrated of technologies such as Fireeye or other sandboxing, malware simulation technologies.
• Must have excellent technical understanding of the and demonstrate the OSI Model and how each layer works.
• Must have good knowledge of packet captures and solid troubleshooting skills, including reading packet captures.
• Experience in leading technical teams on projects and resolving incidents
• Ability to document security related incidents using a defined governance process and procedures in team runbooks.
• Excellent data analysis skills using standard office tools are required.
• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written) are required.
• A strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interact with personnel at all levels across the organization and to comprehend business imperatives.
• A strong customer/client focus with ability to manage expectations appropriately and provide superior customer/client experience and build long-term relationships.
• Willing to have a flexible work schedule and be on call 24/7.
• Coding experience such as JavaScript or API.

How We'll Have Your Back Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).

Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.

Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.

Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.

Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Other Compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.

To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if after review of the position expectations, you believe that you may need a medical accommodation to fulfill the duties of this role, please email hrpolicy@ally.com with details of your accommodation request.

Base Pay Range $110,000.00 - $180,000.00 An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Incentive Compensation:

This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.