Cyber Security Engineer (Proxy, Web filtering) - VP

Overview of the Role

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.

Join our Engineering Team now and be part of our dynamically growing Citi Technology Team!

Within Citi, the Global Infrastructure Defense Security Engineering Team is focusing on designing, developing, testing and architecting Citi's next generation cyber security solutions across the globe.

In this role you will be responsible to research, develop and certify security strategies, products, architectures and best practices. You will also be responsible to define and influence key security strategy initiatives and deliver security solutions that will adhere to all enterprise security requirements with a potential to influence industry wide roadmaps.

As Secure Access Service Edge Engineer you will :

Architect our future Internet Access design

Develop performance monitoring dashboards for our Internet Access Infrastructure

Actively work on global design to achieve Zero Trust principle

Redesign existing Internet Access Policies

Influence market leading vendor's roadmap through close relationship

Write and publish designs, architecture standards, test results and best practice guides for the global audience

Call out and identify risk and exposure as it relates to products and architectures from a security and threat perspective

Proactively participate in enterprise security work groups and teams to come up with innovative ideas and drive them to execution

Lead and influence a virtual global team, act as a senior subject matter expert for subject security technologies and disciplines

Ideal background :

5+ years of relevant work experience

Fluent English

Strong knowledge of Proxy functionality and Proxy features

Hands-on experience in Internet Access policy and URL filtering policy creation / implementation / maintenance

Good understanding of SSL / TLS

Large Scale Network and Security design experience

Experience in SASE implementation is a huge plus

Experience with leading Firewall Vendor products (Traditional Firewall protection, mitigation techniques, IPS / IDS deployments)

Working knowledge of Network / Routing technology

Strong unix / linux experience

Scripting (Python / Perl / Bash)

Experience with large scale monitoring systems

University / College degree in any STEM area or equivalent industry / technology knowledge

Benefits :

Opportunity to work on the internal security posture for a large financial institution and thus shaping the industry overall

Exposure to a broad range of investment technology businesses and products

Access to our word class testing lab with physical hands on using hundreds of devices in the IT security ecosystem

Access to Citi's huge training database and subscription to external online training

A socially active team and communities with diverse networking opportunities

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 :

Sep 15, 2025

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