InfoSec Configuration Lead for Cloud & Infra

U.S. Bank; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) and retirement plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced Information Security Manager to lead its Configuration Implementation function within Information Security Services.

This role drives secure configuration practices across infrastructure, cloud, OS, applications, and platforms, partnering with engineering teams to embed security early in development and deployment. The role requires strong leadership, governance, and risk-management skills, with a focus on building scalable security controls and aligning with

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive leadership experience within technical security, infrastructure security, cloud security, configuration engineering, security architecture, or security technology management.
• Experience leading technical security, infrastructure, cloud, or configuration management teams.
• Strong understanding of secure configuration management, security baselines, and technical security controls.
• Experience defining, implementing, or maintaining secure configuration standards across enterprise technology environments.
• Experience working across cloud, infrastructure, operating systems, applications, or security platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering teams and influence technical strategy and implementation.
• Experience building or maturing security programs, processes, operating models, or governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of security risk management, regulatory requirements, and compliance obligations.
• Strong stakeholder management, relationship-building, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic program leadership with tactical execution.
• Relevant security, cloud, infrastructure, or service management certification, such as CISSP, ITIL 4, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or a comparable certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of security configuration analysts and implementation resources.
• Build and execute the strategy and roadmap for the Configuration Implementation function.
• Define and standardize secure configuration requirements across infrastructure, cloud services, operating systems, applications, and security platforms.
• Develop and maintain secure configuration standards, technical controls, and implementation guidance.
• Translate security and compliance requirements into actionable technical configuration controls.
• Oversee configuration monitoring and scanning capabilities used to identify configuration drift, control gaps, and compliance issues.
• Partner with cloud, infrastructure, platform, application, and security engineering teams to implement and maintain secure configurations.
• Influence engineering practices to embed security requirements earlier in development and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with technology subject matter experts to identify configuration risks and determine appropriate security controls.
• Establish processes, governance, performance measures, and success criteria for the secure configuration management program.
• Prioritize remediation efforts in partnership with security, engineering, business, risk, and compliance stakeholders.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and audit obligations through effective technical configuration management practices.
• Build strong relationships with engineering leaders, technology teams, security stakeholders, and business partners.
• Develop technical talent and create a culture of accountability, collaboration, urgency, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Security leadership

Configuration management

Security baselines

Cloud & Infra

Engineering partnership

Security governance

Risk & compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Strategic leadership

Certifications

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced Information Security Manager to lead its Configuration Implementation function within Information Security Services.

This role drives secure configuration practices across infrastructure, cloud, OS, applications, and platforms, partnering with engineering teams to embed security early in development and deployment. The role requires strong leadership, governance, and risk-management skills, with a focus on building scalable security controls and aligning with