About Citi:
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.
The Role:
As a Cloud Security Controls Engineer at Citi, you will operate at the intersection of security architecture, software engineering, and cyber defense to safeguard our global multi-cloud ecosystem (AWS, GCP, and Azure). Working in high-velocity, collaborative squads alongside security architects, cloud platform engineers, and threat modellers, you will translate architectural blueprints and threat models into automated, preventative, and detective controls. In this role, you will champion policy-as-code and detection-as-code - leveraging Python, Terraform, and Open Policy Agent (OPA) to embed resilient guardrails, build advanced SIEM detections, and secure critical enterprise applications at global scale.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technology subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders and provide direction for all firm mandated controls and compliance initiatives, all projects within the group and in creating a technology domain roadmap
- Ensure that all integration of functions meet business goals
- Define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process enhancements
- Recommend product customization for system integration
- Identify problem causality, business impact and root causes
- Exhibit knowledge of how own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge of competitors, products and services
- Advise or mentor junior team members
- Impact the engineering function by influencing decisions through advice, counsel or facilitating services
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps engineering with a focus on cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), ideally working within a security program.
- Experience with cloud-native development and architecture, leveraging services and tools specific to AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Proficiency with Python and Terraform for testing, automation and custom tool development.
- Proficiency in software testing methodologies and tools.
- Proficiency in DevOps tools and practices
- Hands-on experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) for policy enforcement.
- Experience with detection engineering: detection-as-code practices, developing and maintaining detection rules.
- Experience with SIEM query languages such as Splunk SPL, YARA rules, etc.
- Relevant Cloud Security Certifications
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
- Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices
- Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills
- Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
- Ability to work independently, prioritize, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
- Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
- Proven track record of operational process change and improvement
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent relevant experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. ------------------------------------------------------
Job Family Group:
Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Systems & Engineering------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:
Jacksonville Florida United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$113,840.00 - $170,760.00 In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire. ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------
Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Nov 04, 2026------------------------------------------------------ Automated Processing and AI
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