Cloud Security Solution Architect - Vice President

Overview of the Organization :

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 Enterprise 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.

Overview of Chief Information Security Office (CISO)

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi's clients', our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program – one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

Overview of the Role :

Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the cloud is highly complex and often considered as a new security perimeter. Many cloud breaches today exploit misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in IAM. Citi is looking for an experienced engineer to join the Cloud Security Engineering team to define cloud IAM strategy and implement IAM services and controls to enable Citi to leverage public cloud securely and efficiently. The successful candidate should have expertise in building enterprise software solutions, extensive experience in AWS, GCP and Azure and foundational knowledge in information security.

Responsibilities :

Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams in Citi including security, infrastructure, service engineering and business application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policies required to build, support and consume services in public cloud.

Define and develop preventive guardrails, detective controls, and automated alerts and remediation to ensure IAM implementation in all cloud environments are compliant with Citi’s cloud security standards and policies.

Build automation software to enable self-service access requests and remediation for over privileged or unused access.

Define SDLC for IAM roles and policies and develop IAM CI / CD pipeline with automated testing and validation.

Define governance process and develop tools for managing cloud IAM inventory and entitlement review.

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

Qualifications :

6-10 years of relevant experience in an Engineering role

Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and / or global environment

Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Experience in the design and implementation of enterprise software solutions involving cross functional collaboration.

Proficiency in Python, Java and Terraform

Expertise in architecture and solution development for AWS, GCP or Azure

Experience with modern DevOps and agile methodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI / CD pipelines

Experience with Identity and Access Management and directory services is a plus

Ability to work independently, multi-task, 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

Education :

Bachelor’s degree / University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group : Technology

Job Family :

Systems & Engineering

Time Type : Full time

Primary Location :

Irving Texas United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range :

125, - $188,

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 Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date :

Aug 27, 2025