Senior Cloud & Data Protection Security Engineer

The Senior Cloud & Data Protection Security Engineer will support U.S. Bank’s Database Protection Team by strengthening database activity monitoring, tokenization, and related security capabilities across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes environments. The role includes administering and improving security platforms, building cloud infrastructure, and leading complex issue resolution as an L3 technical resource.

Responsibilities

• Administer, support, and enhance database protection and database activity monitoring platforms.
• Build, configure, and maintain cloud-hosted infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
• Administer and support Kubernetes clusters used by security and data-protection services.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud, infrastructure, networking, application, and connectivity issues.
• Onboard databases, applications, and systems into security monitoring and protection platforms.
• Partner with database security, cloud, infrastructure, and data-protection teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, stability, performance, monitoring, and operational support.
• Implement platform upgrades, enhancements, and new technical capabilities.
• Support infrastructure-as-code, cloud automation, and deployment-pipeline initiatives.
• Serve as an L3 technical resource and independently lead complex problem resolution.

Requirements

• Five or more years of relevant experience in cloud infrastructure, security engineering, platform engineering, or related fields.
• Hands-on experience supporting information security, cybersecurity, or data-protection technologies.
• Strong production experience with AWS and Azure.
• Experience administering or providing advanced support for Kubernetes clusters.
• Cloud infrastructure engineering and operational support experience.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, application, and connectivity issues.
• Experience building, configuring, and maintaining cloud-hosted environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, networking, and operational practices.
• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to work independently and function as a senior L3 technical resource with minimal oversight.
• Typically a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced technical and functional subject matter expert knowledge across security domain areas.

Technologies

• AWS
• Azure
• Kubernetes
• Infrastructure-as-code
• Cloud automation
• Deployment pipelines

Location and Work Schedule

Atlanta, GA (onsite). This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Compensation

Pay Range: $111,605.00 - $131,300.00 per year.

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

Nice to Have Skills

• Database Activity Monitoring experience.
• Tokenization, encryption, data masking, or other data-protection platform experience.
• Database-security experience.
• Infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation experience.
• Experience with deployment pipelines and automated platform implementations.
• Experience onboarding databases or applications into enterprise security platforms.
• CISSP or another relevant security certification.
• Familiarity with ITIL or service-management practices.
• Financial-services or another highly regulated industry background.

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.