Summary:

The Senior Principal Engineer Information Security serves as a strategic advisor and technical authority leading complex enterprise-wide initiatives across risk management compliance threat mitigation and user awareness. This role partners cross-functionally with security IT product and engineering teams to architect and implement resilient defense controls that safeguard the organizations infrastructure and intellectual property. With deep expertise across all domains of Information Security and mastery in several the engineer drives secure design practices influences enterprise technology decisions and ensures alignment with evolving threat landscapes and regulatory demands. Recognized internally and externally as a thought leader where the individual shapes operational strategies with direct business impact advises executive leadership on matters of strategic importance and solves complex multi-dimensional challenges. The Senior Principal Engineer leads the development and enforcement of security policies and standards mentors other professionals and manages critical processes and programs using advanced technical knowledge. Their contributions are central to the companys IT strategy resilience and long-term security posture.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze trends news and changes in the threat and compliance landscape; advise leadership and execute plans for risk mitigation and compliance.

• Lead and coordinate responses to information system security incidents including investigation countermeasures and recovery; engage with third-party responders.

• Recommend and oversee implementation of security controls throughout the acquisition development and change management lifecycle of information systems.

• Provide technical leadership on large-scale complex and highly analytical security projects.

• Plan and lead upgrades to security tools and measures to protect information systems and networks.

• Develop methodologies for monitoring and responding to security events; lead remediation efforts for cybersecurity incidents.

• Guide network and system administrators in maintaining infrastructure security improving performance and automating administration from a security perspective.

• Mentor and coach ISO Engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.

• Ensure service-level agreements (SLAs) are maintained to uphold security controls.

• Lead the implementation of enterprise-wide security policies procedures and standards across diverse platforms and applications.

• Interface with business and IT leaders to communicate security issues and respond to requests for information and support.

• Refine and enforce security policies and standards to meet internal and external compliance requirements.

• Collaborate with senior technical executives and IT teams to design and implement security systems that protect both physical and intangible assets.

• Review technical and functional design documents; build maintain and implement cybersecurity data security and cloud security solutions.

• Advise business and technical teams on the potential impacts of changes to the security environment.

• Deliver security briefings to inform leadership of critical issues affecting the enterprise.

• Analyze and generate insights from security metrics and KPIs for executive-level reporting.

• Responds to security alerts and escalates critical incidents to correct support teams and participates in incident response exercises

• Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for product research and development teams working closely with software engineers product management and development and divisional and corporate information systems

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience.

Preferred Certifications:

• Azure Security Engineer Certification

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

• Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• CompTIA Security Certification

• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)

Experience:

• 8 or more years of directly-related or relevant experience preferably in information security.

Behavioral Skills:

• Conflict Resolution

• Creativity & Innovation

• Decision Making

• Assertiveness

• Influencing Skills

• Planning

• Presentation Skills

• Risk-taking

Technical Skills:

• Network Solutions and Systems

• Cybersecurity

• Root Cause Analysis

• Information Security Strategy Standards (SOX ISO 27001/27002 COBIT ITIL NIST PCI)

• Advanced Encryption

• Application Architecture

• Identity and Access Management

• IT Risk Management

• Threat Modelling

Tools Knowledge:

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Programming and Development Languages - JavaScript HTML/CSS Python SQL

• Security Tools - SIEM EDR Email Security Gateway SOAR Firewall Anti-virus Firewalls VPN IDS/IPS AV proxies etc.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law.

The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment please call 888.692.2272 or email . We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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