Federal IT Compliance & Audit Lead

U.S. Bank; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced IS Governance Risk & Compliance Lead to oversee federal compliance, audit readiness, and technology risk activities supporting critical federal programs.

This role partners with Information Security, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to federal security and regulatory requirements while maintaining an audit-ready environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of regulatory compliance, audit, or risk management with federal experience.
• Experience managing vendor audits in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead federal audit activities with federal oversight agencies and internal stakeholders.
• Serve as primary contact for audit requests, compliance reviews, and regulatory examinations.
• Lead audit readiness, including evidence collection, documentation review, issue remediation, and control validation.
• Support Authorization to Operate (ATO) activities and ongoing federal compliance.
• Partner with IS, Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to maintain security controls.

Skills

Federal compliance

Audit readiness

FedRAMP/FISMA/NIST

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Tenable

Microsoft Defender

Azure/Azure Gov

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced IS Governance Risk & Compliance Lead to oversee federal compliance, audit readiness, and technology risk activities supporting critical federal programs.

This role partners with Information Security, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to federal security and regulatory requirements while maintaining an audit-ready environment.