Technology Architect Infrastructure, PCI Security & Risk

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 U.S. Bank is seeking a Technology Architect with strong strategic, architectural, and influencing skills to lead enterprise technology initiatives focused on infrastructure, PCI compliance, vulnerability management, security posture improvement, and technology risk reduction. This role serves as a technology leader, partnering across applications, infrastructure, network, security, cloud, database, and platform teams to ensure secure technology delivery, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience. The Technology Architect should have demonstrated experience building and supporting complex enterprise environments, with strong working knowledge of network architecture, security controls, cloud platforms, databases, middleware, operating systems, and infrastructure services. Ability to understand and influence the interactions between all technology components supporting critical business applications. The successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of end-to-end technology environments , including infrastructure design, environment provisioning, network architecture, security controls, databases, cloud platforms, middleware, and application hosting technologies. This individual will be responsible for driving enterprise-wide efforts related to PCI compliance, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure modernization, and technology risk management while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives. Responsibilities include architecting and governing technology environments from initial build through production support, developing technology roadmaps, advising on secure solution designs, coordinating enterprise PCI assessments, driving vulnerability remediation efforts, and supporting ongoing compliance activities. The ideal candidate will influence senior leaders, drive accountability across multiple organizations, and lead complex initiatives where success depends on collaboration rather than direct authority. Key Responsibilities Drive PCI compliance, assessment, and remediation efforts across multiple technology teams. Lead enterprise vulnerability management initiatives and partner with technical owners to ensure timely remediation of findings. Provide architecture leadership for the design, build, implementation, and support of development, testing, certification, disaster recovery, and production environments. Serve as the primary architecture advisor for infrastructure components including compute, network, storage, database, cloud, middleware, and security technologies. Coordinate activities across applications, infrastructure, network, cloud, database, and security organizations to deliver secure and compliant solutions. Develop and maintain architecture standards supporting secure, resilient, scalable, and compliant technology solutions. Evaluate infrastructure, security, and platform technologies and provide strategic recommendations for adoption. Identify technology risks and remediation strategies related to infrastructure, security, compliance, and operational resiliency. Facilitate alignment between business objectives, security requirements, and technology solutions. Provide leadership reporting and executive communication related to PCI compliance, vulnerabilities, remediation plans, infrastructure risk, and technology health. Serve as a trusted advisor to technology and business leadership on architecture, infrastructure strategy, security, compliance, and operational resilience. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience 8+ years of experience with development and implementation 8+ years of experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies. Required Skills / Experience PCI DSS compliance and audit readiness Vulnerability management and remediation programs Enterprise, infrastructure, and solution architecture Environment design, provisioning, and lifecycle management Infrastructure, network, database, and cloud technologies Information security, architecture, and security controls Application delivery, deployment, and SDLC processes IT governance, standards, policies, and procedures Product and vendor evaluation Technology roadmap development Operational resiliency and disaster recovery planning Preferred Skills / Experience Server, storage, database, network, and cloud platforms Network segmentation, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, and connectivity services Container technologies, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and DevSecOps practices Security scanning, vulnerability management, and remediation tools Identity and access management controls Monitoring, logging, observability, and performance management platforms Risk and compliance frameworks Service-oriented and distributed architectures Technology risk management Work Location This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. 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. The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr U.S. Bank