Security Configuration Leader – Infra & Cloud

Relha LLC; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Basic term life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank seeks an Information Security Manager to lead the Configuration Implementation function within Information Security Services.

You will guide secure configuration standards across infrastructure, cloud, OS, apps, and platforms while translating requirements into concrete controls and risk mitigations. You will manage a growing team of analysts, partner with engineering teams, and drive the strategy, roadmaps, and governance for secure configurations, aiming to reduce drift and meet

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 experience

Secure configuration management

Cloud security

Configuration engineering

Security architecture

Security program management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Strategic program leadership

CISSP

ITIL 4

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Checkov

Chef

Artifactory

Job description

U.S. Bank seeks an Information Security Manager to lead the Configuration Implementation function within Information Security Services.

You will guide secure configuration standards across infrastructure, cloud, OS, apps, and platforms while translating requirements into concrete controls and risk mitigations. You will manage a growing team of analysts, partner with engineering teams, and drive the strategy, roadmaps, and governance for secure configurations, aiming to reduce drift and meet