Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

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.

Job Description

US Bank is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our Information Security Services (ISS) Mergers & Acquisitions Governance team. This team plays a critical role in evaluating the cybersecurity posture of organizations involved in acquisitions, investments, and divestitures while helping ensure secure integration and separation of technology environments.

This person will assess diverse technology environments, identify security gaps, evaluate security controls, and partner with cybersecurity teams across the enterprise to help protect U.S. Bank throughout strategic business transactions.

Main Responsibilities:

• Assess cybersecurity controls and security posture of organizations involved in acquisitions, investments, and divestitures
• Evaluate security tooling, configurations, and controls against enterprise standards
• Identify security risks, vulnerabilities, and remediation opportunities
• Support integration and separation planning for technology environments
• Investigate and validate security implementations across multiple cybersecurity domains
• Partner with security engineering teams to enhance and remediate security controls
• Conduct risk assessments and prioritize remediation efforts based on business impact
• Provide cybersecurity expertise supporting strategic corporate transactions

Must Have Skills:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity Engineering, or Security Operations
• Experience configuring, supporting, and troubleshooting security technologies
• Knowledge of IAM, vulnerability management, and cyber defense capabilities
• Experience assessing security controls and identifying security gaps
• Strong investigative and problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate independently within complex environments
• Experience making risk-based security decisions

Nice to Have Skills:

• CISSP, GIAC, Security+, or similar certifications
• Banking, financial services, or regulated industry experience
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, investments, or divestitures
• Security risk assessment experience
• Broad exposure across multiple cybersecurity disciplines
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills

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: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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