Senior Cyber Security Leader: Cloud, Threat Strategy

First Citizens Bank; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 145,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior information security leader to drive strategy, governance, and risk management across enterprise security programs. The role partners with executives to set security direction, oversee threat mitigation, and align with business goals.

The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on cloud security experience (AWS/Azure), strong risk and architecture knowledge, and the ability to influence senior leaders while guiding security for data-intensive initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of information security or technology experience.

Responsibilities

• Security Strategy: develop information security strategy, roadmaps, and direction.
• Program Management: lead development and monitoring of IS teams and technologies; resolve security issues.
• Managerial Functions: set team policies, manage performance and training, and handle budgeting or vendor management.
• Security Resource: provide training and mentorship to build security awareness.

Skills

Security leadership

Threat modeling

Risk management

Secure architecture

Cloud security practices

Communication with leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma or GED

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM (Azure Resource Manager)

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior information security leader to drive strategy, governance, and risk management across enterprise security programs. The role partners with executives to set security direction, oversee threat mitigation, and align with business goals.

The ideal candidate has extensive hands-on cloud security experience (AWS/Azure), strong risk and architecture knowledge, and the ability to influence senior leaders while guiding security for data-intensive initiatives.