IT Infrastructure Platform Leader
$149.5k - $175.9k+ Equity stock purchase + 401(k) contribution + Pension
Expert
Bachelor's
Brookfield, WI, USA+10 moreMore locations: Earth City, MO, USA | Hopkins, MN, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | New York, NY, USA | Cupertino, CA, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Gresham, OR, USA | Irving, TX, USA | St Paul, MN, USA
HybridRequires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week.
IT Operations
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in business, management information systems, engineering, computer science, mathematics, any science, or equivalent work experience is required.
- At least 10 years of experience delivering software-based solutions or supporting mission-critical enterprise infrastructure environments is required.
- Expertise in one or more of HP NonStop (Tandem), Stratus Platforms, PSeries/AIX, IBM Z (Mainframe), or highly resilient Linux/x86 environments, including architecture, administration, performance optimization, resiliency, and lifecycle management, is preferred.
- Experience defining and executing platform roadmaps, modernization strategies, and long-term technology investments aligned to business objectives is preferred.
- Experience supporting high-availability, fault-tolerant systems in mission-critical environments with stringent uptime, reliability, resiliency, and performance requirements is preferred.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities and operational readiness programs is preferred.
- Experience with infrastructure performance engineering and capacity planning using monitoring tools, operational analytics, forecasting methodologies, and trend analysis is preferred.
- Experience managing technology lifecycle and modernization, including hardware refreshes, software upgrades, platform migrations, capacity expansion, and technical debt reduction, is preferred.
- Knowledge of IT service management and operational frameworks for incident, change, problem, risk, and operational management in 24x7 production environments is preferred.
- Experience ensuring infrastructure security, regulatory compliance, governance requirements, regulatory controls, and audit readiness is preferred.
- Ability to lead major incident communications, present technology strategy to senior leadership, and influence cross-functional decision-making is preferred.
- Experience leading specialized engineering teams, managing strategic technology partnerships, planning budgets, prioritizing investments, and optimizing costs is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the strategic roadmap for HP NonStop (Tandem) and Stratus platforms.
- Develop long-term hardware, software, resiliency, and modernization strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Establish platform standards, engineering practices, governance processes, and operational controls.
- Ensure continuous availability, performance, recoverability, and resiliency for supported environments.
- Lead production operations, incident management, problem management, and root-cause analysis activities.
- Oversee infrastructure lifecycle programs, including hardware refreshes, operating system upgrades, capacity expansions, and technology currency initiatives.
- Manage software maintenance, patching, vendor advisories, and security remediation activities.
- Lead capacity forecasting, performance analytics, and utilization planning to support current and future business demand.
- Present platform health metrics, risk assessments, capacity plans, and investment recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ensure platform compliance with enterprise security standards, regulatory requirements, audit controls, and risk management frameworks.
- Lead business continuity, disaster recovery, resiliency testing, and recovery validation exercises.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, operational efficiencies, and reliability engineering practices.
- Manage strategic vendor relationships, technology investments, support agreements, and maintenance contracts.
- Develop and manage platform budgets, including hardware, software, labor, and project expenditures.
- Lead, mentor, and develop teams of engineers, systems programmers, and technical specialists.
- Establish workforce development, succession planning, technical training, and knowledge transfer programs.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives with infrastructure, networking, application development, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
- Provide executive-level communication regarding platform performance, risks, incidents, and strategic initiatives.
- Foster accountability, collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.
About the company
U.S. Bank is one of the largest banks in the United States, serving consumers, small businesses, corporations, and government agencies with banking, lending, payments, and wealth management. Its Elavon subsidiary is one of the world's biggest processors of card payments for merchants, handling sales in the United States, Canada, and Europe. People and small businesses use its branches and mobile app for checking, savings, credit cards, mortgages, and loans, while companies use it for corporate cards and cash management, and the bank earns money from loan interest and fees. U.S. Bank received national bank charter No. 24 in 1863, under President Abraham Lincoln, and is based in Minneapolis as the main subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Founded
1863
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Profits are climbing: net income rose 20% to $2.2 billion in the June 2026 quarter on record $7.7 billion revenue.
- Room to grow: U.S. Bank listed 1,285 open roles in October 2026, led by 512 in branch banking.
- Stability has a track record: U.S. Bancorp stayed profitable through the 2008 financial crisis, earning $2.9 billion that year.
What critics are saying
- Its card-processing arm is slowing: after losing European sales partners, merchant revenue grew just 2.3% in the June 2026 quarter.
- Headcount keeps falling: U.S. Bancorp's staff shrank 12% in three years, to 68,520 by December 2025.
- Expect three office days a week: since March 2024, attendance counts in performance reviews for staff near its hub offices.
What makes U.S. Bank unique
- Payments is unusually big for a bank: card issuing, merchant processing and corporate payments made 23% of revenue in mid-2026.
- Washington pays with its cards: only U.S. Bank and Citibank issue federal SmartPay cards, about $40 billion a year.
- Amazon chose it over American Express: U.S. Bank began issuing Amazon's small business credit cards in May 2026.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Adoption Assistance
- Paid Sick Leave