Security Configuration Automation Leader

Us Bank; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Director of Security Configuration Automation & Engineering to lead strategy, delivery, and ongoing management of security configuration enforcement across the enterprise.

This leader oversees security engineering and automation initiatives that reduce risk, strengthen security posture, and enable business and technology teams to operate securely at scale. As a member of the Information Security Posture and Configuration Management leadership team, this role partners with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in information security or related technology disciplines, with a demonstrated record of success in senior security roles.
• Five or more years of people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the strategy and roadmap for security configuration automation and engineering capabilities across the enterprise.
• Lead security engineering and automation initiatives that improve configuration enforcement, risk reduction, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Security, Technology Services, Engineering, Risk, Finance, and platform teams to identify control gaps, remove barriers to execution, and drive remediation outcomes.
• Translate security risks and posture management findings into scalable engineering solutions and automation opportunities.
• Drive implementation of preventive and detective security controls, including policy-as-code, pipeline security checks, configuration baselines, monitoring enhancements, and other security enforcement mechanisms.
• Evaluate and prioritize automation, configuration management, and security engineering investments using risk, business value, and cost-benefit analysis.
• Establish success metrics, operational reporting, and performance measures for security automation capabilities.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team of security engineers, including coaching, career development, and succession planning.
• Foster strong partnerships across security and technology organizations to drive accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure security technologies and controls support regulatory, compliance, governance, and audit obligations.

Skills

Security engineering

Automation

Leadership

Cloud security

DevOps

Regulatory/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Director of Security Configuration Automation & Engineering to lead strategy, delivery, and ongoing management of security configuration enforcement across the enterprise.

This leader oversees security engineering and automation initiatives that reduce risk, strengthen security posture, and enable business and technology teams to operate securely at scale. As a member of the Information Security Posture and Configuration Management leadership team, this role partners with