Cloud Security Principal - Louisville, United States - PPL

Description

Company Summary Statement

As one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the United States, PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), is committed to creating long-term, sustainable value for our 3.5 million customers, our shareowners and the communities we serve. Our high-performing regulated utilities — PPL Electric Utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric, Kentucky Utilities and Rhode Island Energy — provide an outstanding experience for our customers, consistently ranking among the best utilities in the nation. PPL's companies are also addressing challenges head-on by investing in new infrastructure and technology that is creating a smarter, more reliable and resilient energy grid. We are committed to doing our part to advance a cleaner energy future and drive innovation that enables us to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining energy reliability and affordability for the customers and communities we serve. PPL is a positive force in the cities and towns where we do business, providing support for programs and organizations that empower the success of future generations by helping to build and maintain strong, diverse communities today.

Overview

The Cybersecurity organization advances the overall state of security at PPL through critical initiatives and coordination of large security and customer-focused projects. The organization builds and procures technologies, tools, and processes to better enable teams at PPL to develop secure platforms and protect data and systems with appropriate security controls. IT Cybersecurity also develops systems to monitor and respond to attacks against our systems, provides educational awareness to the corporation on security best practices, and ensures data sharing relationships with third parties securely protect PPL information.

PPL is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Principal to join our Cybersecurity Engineering team. In this role, you will work closely with our Cloud Engineering team to ensure the security and configuration of the PPL cloud infrastructure, including Microsoft services and Azure cloud environment. You will have direct responsibility for the usage and monitoring of the cyber technology within the cloud environment such as cloud security posture management and vulnerability scanning tools. You will provide expert guidance, conduct security assessments, and provide detailed design and implementation of secure cloud architecture. If you are passionate about cloud security and have a deep understanding of Microsoft Azure, M365, and other cloud infrastructure environments, this position is ideal for you.

This position is available remote or hybrid with working locations in Louisville, KY or Allentown, PA.

Responsibilities

• Design and document secure architectures for high availability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Responsible for the governance of cloud security policies and standards and review of exceptions.
• Implementation of secure user access and privilege account management for access to cloud resources.
• Primary consumer of cloud security posture management tools and technology and serve as a subject matter expert for the risk assessment and remediation of findings.
• Perform security reviews of cloud architecture and applications, identify gaps, and develop a security risk management plan.
• Provide guidance and support to development teams in the secure design and implementation of cloud applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security controls and processes into cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Develop terraforms or IaC to maintain cloud security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices in cloud security.
• Integrating on-premises and cloud resources.
• Identify ways to optimize resources and minimize cost.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.

Experience

• A minimum of 10+ years of direct cybersecurity cloud experience in the configuration and support of cloud applications and infrastructure
• Experience in the configuration and support of Microsoft 365 services including:
• Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Intune and Configuration Manager
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Conditional Access
• Microsoft Identity and Access - Microsoft 365 Active Directory/Entra and ADFS.
• Understanding of modern cloud technology components and deployment patterns: virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, serverless, infrastructure as code, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Azure architecture and core services such as Virtual Machines, Group Policy, MFA, Azure Active Directory, Management Groups, Resource Groups, Azure Regions, Azure Functions, Azure Networking, Azure IPsec Connections, Network Security Groups, Azure VDI, and Firewalls.
• Experience with DevOps and building CI/CD pipelines to support application and infrastructure deployments.
• Scripting and Programming: skills in scripting languages like PowerShell or Azure CLI for automation.
• Knowledge of network architectures, including VNETs, subnets, VPNs, and ExpressRoute, along with an understanding of Azure security tools and features like Azure Active Directory, Network Security Groups, and Azure Key Vault.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative and effective in cross-functional team environments.
• Strong analytical skills to assess risks and vulnerabilities in complex systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of programming languages like Python, .NET, or Java.
• Cloud Technology Expertise: demonstrate a working knowledge of various enterprise technology stacks used to build services in the cloud.
• Cloud Platform Experience: possess working knowledge and practical experience in security testing within cloud platforms, particularly Azure.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation for security testing.
• Knowledge of Azure configuration best practices.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.

Experience

• A minimum of 10+ years of direct cybersecurity cloud experience in the configuration and support of cloud applications and infrastructure
• Experience in the configuration and support of Microsoft 365 services including:
• Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Intune and Configuration Manager
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Conditional Access
• Microsoft Identity and Access - Microsoft 365 Active Directory/Entra and ADFS.
• Understanding of modern cloud technology components and deployment patterns: virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, serverless, infrastructure as code, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Azure architecture and core services such as Virtual Machines, Group Policy, MFA, Azure Active Directory, Management Groups, Resource Groups, Azure Regions, Azure Functions, Azure Networking, Azure IPsec Connections, Network Security Groups, Azure VDI, and Firewalls.
• Experience with DevOps and building CI/CD pipelines to support application and infrastructure deployments.
• Scripting and Programming: skills in scripting languages like PowerShell or Azure CLI for automation.
• Knowledge of network architectures, including VNETs, subnets, VPNs, and ExpressRoute, along with an understanding of Azure security tools and features like Azure Active Directory, Network Security Groups, and Azure Key Vault.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative and effective in cross-functional team environments.
• Strong analytical skills to assess risks and vulnerabilities in complex systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of programming languages like Python, .NET, or Java.
• Cloud Technology Expertise: demonstrate a working knowledge of various enterprise technology stacks used to build services in the cloud.
• Cloud Platform Experience: possess working knowledge and practical experience in security testing within cloud platforms, particularly Azure.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation for security testing.
• Knowledge of Azure configuration best practices.
• Design and document secure architectures for high availability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Responsible for the governance of cloud security policies and standards and review of exceptions.
• Implementation of secure user access and privilege account management for access to cloud resources.
• Primary consumer of cloud security posture management tools and technology and serve as a subject matter expert for the risk assessment and remediation of findings.
• Perform security reviews of cloud architecture and applications, identify gaps, and develop a security risk management plan.
• Provide guidance and support to development teams in the secure design and implementation of cloud applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security controls and processes into cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Develop terraforms or IaC to maintain cloud security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices in cloud security.
• Integrating on-premises and cloud resources.
• Identify ways to optimize resources and minimize cost.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Remote Work

The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Our company is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.