Senior Information Security System Level Risk Analyst

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Information Security System-Level Risk Analyst to lead risk assessments across applications and technology environments within the System Level Risk Assessment program.

You will partner with owners, security teams, and business stakeholders to evaluate controls and guide mitigation strategies. You will mentor analysts, help mature the SLRA program, and drive risk-informed decisions with senior leadership while ensuring governance and compliance across critical

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in information technology and/or information security and compliance.
• Experience in conducting complex risk assessments in technology, cybersecurity, or enterprise settings.
• Strong knowledge of governance, policies, standards, and risk management frameworks.
• Excellent communication to influence engineers to executives.
• Ability to mentor and lead within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex system-level and residual risk assessments for high-risk apps and tech environments.
• Evaluate controls design and effectiveness to determine overall risk exposure.
• Identify gaps and provide actionable risk-based recommendations.
• Partner with owners and teams to discuss outcomes and remediation.
• Mentor analysts and support program maturation.

Skills

InfoSec risk mgmt

Risk assessments

Security controls

Residual risk

Governance & standards

Communication skills

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Information Security System-Level Risk Analyst to serve as a senior risk authority within the System Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) program. This role will lead complex system-level and residual risk evaluations across business applications and technology environments while helping drive risk-informed decision making across the organization. This person will serve as the hiring manager's primary partner on the team, combining hands-on risk execution with leadership, mentorship, and program maturity efforts. The successful candidate will work closely with application owners, technology partners, information security teams, and business stakeholders to evaluate control effectiveness, identify areas of risk exposure, and guide mitigation strategies. They will also help shape team processes, mentor analysts, and support the continued evolution of the System Level Risk Assessment program.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead complex system-level and residual risk assessments for high-risk applications and technology environments.
• Evaluate information security controls, control design, and control effectiveness to determine overall risk exposure.
• Identify security control gaps and provide actionable risk-based recommendations and mitigation strategies.
• Partner with application owners, technology teams, and business stakeholders to discuss assessment outcomes and remediation approaches.
• Serve as a senior risk authority, applying advanced risk judgment to complex security and technology environments.
• Review and approve selected assessment deliverables as a delegated authority for team leadership.
• Mentor and coach analysts on risk methodologies, assessment execution, and best practices.
• Provide quality oversight and guidance across assessment activities.
• Support the maturation and scalability of the SLRA program through process improvements and operational enhancements.
• Collaborate with governance, risk, and information security partners to enhance risk methodologies, standards, and procedures.
• Research emerging threats, attack vectors, and industry risks to strengthen assessment practices.
• Contribute feedback on platform capabilities and tooling enhancements that improve analyst effectiveness and program outcomes.
• Influence risk governance decisions by producing clear, defensible, and high-quality risk assessments.

Must Have Skills

• 5+ years of experience in information security risk management, technology risk, cybersecurity risk, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience conducting complex risk assessments in technology, cybersecurity, or enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of security controls, control design, control effectiveness, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience evaluating and communicating residual risk to technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of security governance, policies, standards, and risk management frameworks.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence audiences ranging from engineers to executives.
• Demonstrated ability to provide risk-based guidance and support difficult risk decisions.
• Experience mentoring, coaching, reviewing work, or providing leadership within a team environment.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a high-volume stakeholder environment.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience improving risk assessment methodologies, procedures, or governance processes.
• Experience supporting large-scale information security or technology risk programs.
• Familiarity with AI, emerging technologies, and the associated risk landscape.
• Experience researching emerging cyber threats and attack vectors.
• Exposure to policy development, standards management, or security governance initiatives.
• Experience evaluating security tooling, platforms, or technology capabilities.
• Financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industry experience.rship on program effectiveness and risk mitigation strategies.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in information technology and/or information security and compliance
• Understanding of financial industry legal, regulatory and compliance requirements for information security

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
• Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program. U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures. Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies. Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.