Lead Staff Infosec - Platform Engineer

Fifth Third Bank is a financial institution that connects great people to great opportunities. They are seeking a Lead Information Security Engineer (ISE) responsible for managing InfoSec tools and ensuring operational stability while aligning with security policies and regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as Product Owner for one or more InfoSec tools
• Own and manage the product backlog, prioritizing features and enhancements based on business and security needs
• Translate business and security requirements into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
• In partnership with the team's agilist, lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans
• Mentor more junior members of the team
• Act as the IT Application Owner for assigned InfoSec platforms, ensuring operational stability, scalability, and compliance
• Coordinate with Operations team to oversee lifecycle management, upgrades, patching, documentation, monitoring, and configuration standards
• Support the Bank's operational information security responsibilities, including the development maintenance of standards, procedures, and guidelines necessary to satisfy the Information Security department's network operations
• Assist in conducting risk assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and determine the impact of proposed changes to business processes, applications and systems
• Provide technical support to internal and external auditors, as required, to respond to audits and examinations of the Bank's control environment
• Provide engineering support for Zero Trust architecture rollout, including identity, access, segmentation, and telemetry components
• Support efforts in End User Device Security, including Cisco ISE policies and Windows Firewall policies
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to embed security tooling into broader enterprise initiatives
• Ensure alignment with regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, SOC2) and internal security policies
• Seek and maintain knowledge (cross/up skill) of current and upcoming IT security technologies
• Communicate team vision, manage squad backlogs, prioritize needs, and drive cross team collaboration
• Collaborating with the team Agilist, InfoSec Engineers, Lines of Business, Risk and other key partners to define and maximize InfoSec products
• Provide transparency and ongoing communications with line of business partners/key stakeholders
• Evaluate team/stakeholder feedback to drive continuous improvement and customer satisfaction
• Working closely with the networking team to review and implement policies related to user device network access
• Working with end user device teams to review and implement end user device firewall policies
• Driving automation across the enterprise
• Working with IS Platform Operations to ensure resilient, monitored systems supported by quantitative metrics and reporting
• Driving continuous improvement and internal customer satisfaction

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience
• At least 6 years of related experience, including at least 4 years in a hands-on information security development role
• Commitment to continuous learning and upskilling in IT security technologies
• Must be able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to management, business and IT sponsors, and technical resources in language that is appropriate for each group
• Experience leading Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives)
• Experience with Information Security tools (ownership, backlog management, enhancements)
• Understanding of IT application ownership (lifecycle management, upgrades, patching, monitoring)
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and evaluate security controls
• Experience supporting audits and examinations (internal/external)
• Ability to mentor junior team members
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams
• Master's degree
• Industry Standard Certifications such as, but not limited to: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network +, CompTIA Security +, ISC2 CISSP, and EWS
• Financial industry experience
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture (identity, access, segmentation, telemetry)
• Familiarity with Cisco ISE and Windows Firewall