Engineer I - Cyber, Third Party Risk Engineer

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Job Title: Engineer I - Cyber, Third Party Risk Engineer Location: OH - Columbus What you'll do: As a Third‑Party Cyber Engineer I - Cyber you'll be responsible for reviews of vendor environments, AI‑enabled capabilities, automated assessment outputs, and cloud architectures. The role supports Western Alliance Bank’s Third‑Party Cyber Risk program by identifying material risks, validating security controls, and ensuring alignment with regulatory standards, internal cyber requirements, and enterprise AI governance patterns. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, familiarity with security frameworks, experience assessing third‑party cyber risk, and the ability to clearly communicate complex technical issues while collaborating across cyber, risk, and business teams. This position is designated as in‑office and is not eligible for remote work. - Perform cybersecurity assessments of third‑party vendors, focusing on common security domains, including cloud security, IAM, application security, data protection, network security, DevSecOps, and incident response. - Analyze automated assessment results, SOC reports, policies, procedures, penetration tests, and AI‑related do...