Cloud Security Principal Engineer

General Information

• Career Area: Technology
• Work Locations:
• 500 Woodward Avenue, MI
• 601 S. Tryon Street, NC
• Remote: No
• Ref: 21790
• Posted Date: 03-06-26
• Working Time: Full time

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and thats more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live 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. Youre constantly evolving, so shouldnt your opportunities be too?

Work Schedule Ally designates roles as:

1. Fully on-site
2. Hybrid
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 roles 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 Cloud Security Principal Engineer position at Ally is a member of the Information Protection and Risk Management team and works closely with other members of the IPRM program to identify, manage, and mitigate security risks at Ally. The engineer is part of a broader team of security engineers reporting to the Sr. Director Cloud Security who are responsible for developing, deploying, and integrating technical controls and tools to meet specific security requirements as well as defining processes and standards to ensure that security configurations and tools are maintained. This is a project-focused resource within the organization and will focus on designing and implementing both technologies and governance processes focused on our SaaS platforms. This resource will have potential opportunity to transition into a longer-term engagement to continue to mature and improve the SaaS security service.

The Work Itself

• Primary responsibility will be to support our existing cloud security infrastructure and security projects with potential to take on responsibilities for other technologies such as DevOps toolchain, Cloud automation, SaaS posture management, AI, and other technologies.
• Define and mature cloud-focused security policies and controls, governance processes, frameworks, metrics.
• Managing the day-to-day troubleshooting of the enterprise CSPM platform 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 need of the business.
• Ability to identify security risks and work with IPRM team to report and lead the remediation efforts.
• 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.
• Identify, Implement, and Operationalize security technologies and processes to improve visibility and reduce risk.
• Partner with other technical leaders throughout the organization to refine and mature Allys security posture for cloud-based technologies and platforms as well as identifying and maturing our application security capabilities.
• Consult with project teams to ensure that platform architecture has proper security controls in place focused on Cloud Providers, SaaS engagements, Cloud Platform Security, and DevSecOps Pipeline Security.

The Skills You Bring Minimum Qualifications

• 7 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelors Degree in relevant fields of study or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical expertise in two or more technology areas (compute, storage, network, data, etc.).
• Experience as a software developer with knowledge of automation, Infrastructure as Code, and DevOps, CI/CD tools and processes.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Terraform, and experience in frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch.
• 5 years of experience in information security practices, controls, and governance (CISSP preferred).
• 5 years of experience as a technical resource within an IT organization, enterprise matrixed organization preferred.
• 4 years of experience with cloud platforms, operational experience preferred for AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
• Demonstrate technical expertise, working knowledge of OWASP Top 10, LLM, and AI Security.
• Builds partnerships, translates complexities into simple terms, ability to maintain focus on objectives, processes, procedures, standards, policies, architectures, etc.

LI-Hybrid

How Well Have Your Back Allys 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, 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, 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 Allys 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. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range: $110,000 - $180,000 USD An individuals position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certifications, 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.