Information Security Officer, Assistant Vice President
Kilkenny, Minnesota, United States of America
Full Time
14 hours ago
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Key skills
CloudCommunicationNetwork SecurityZero Trust
About this role
Role Overview
Provide cyber risk advisory support across enterprise infrastructure domains, including compute, storage, identity, cloud platforms, and network/connectivity technologies
Engage early with engineering and platform teams to assess designs, material changes, and new initiatives before implementation
Translate infrastructure and network security risk into clear, practical guidance aligned to enterprise risk appetite and regulatory expectations
Independently assess risk scenarios and make well-reasoned recommendations, escalating when material risk or uncertainty warrants it
Partner with infrastructure, network, and cloud engineering teams to embed security-by-design and resilience principles into architectures and delivery models
Review architecture diagrams, design documents, and control implementations for security and operational risk
Contribute to security considerations around network segmentation, trust boundaries, ingress/egress controls, connectivity patterns, and monitoring approaches
Help align infrastructure and network security patterns to enterprise standards, zero trust principles, and regulatory obligations
Support infrastructure and network security risk assessments, control gap identification, and remediation prioritization
Track remediation actions, helping ensure risks are clearly understood, documented, and addressed in a pragmatic manner
Assist with exception handling, risk acceptance documentation, and articulation of residual risk posture
Contribute to internal audit, regulatory reviews, and governance forums by explaining infrastructure and network risk in business-relevant terms
Provide advisory support during infrastructure or network-related cyber incidents, including impact assessment and control improvement identification
Partner with SOC, threat, vulnerability, and engineering teams to interpret findings and understand emerging infrastructure-related risks
Participate in lessons-learned activities to help improve preventative controls upstream
Requirements
experience in information security, infrastructure security, or technology risk within a large, complex organization
solid foundational understanding of enterprise infrastructure and associated security risks across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments
demonstrated curiosity and desire to learn, including the ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar technologies or patterns
proven ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and make reasoned decisions with incomplete information
strong written and verbal communication skills; able to influence without direct authority
familiarity with industry or regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, DORA, FFIEC) is beneficial but not mandatory