Senior Security Architect at Centene

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Position Purpose:

Advises policy, direction, and vision for critical enterprise IT & Business domains. Drives and designs new and critical security initiatives for emerging technologies. Assesses, envisions, plans, designs, and oversees the implementation of security and compliance capabilities across company platforms, systems, and applications. Defines security requirements, secure architecture blueprints, and conducts reviews of systems, platforms, and applications to identify security risks. Recommends architectural enhancements to minimize security risk to the company.

• Provides guidance and assists in setting the vision for information security across organization as well as coordinates all security architecture activities globally, and develops security architecture plans, roadmaps, etc.
• Develops reference architecture and implementation patterns related to security solutions
• Provides guidance and architecture review of cross-program and cross-project Security Architecture strategies, opportunities, and problem resolution
• Ensures conformance and compliance of projects and programs with architectural security guidelines
• Oversees newly implemented technologies and coordinates internal/external audits. Serve as the subject matter expert for international security regulated programs
• Drives and assists in aligning new security initiatives with senior management
• Guides, identifies, develops, implements, and maintains security processes to reduce risks, respond to incidents, and limit attack surface to the company
• Supports the mitigation of significant security risks, design strategies and programs to prevent and minimize loss of organizational assets, all while optimizing costs
• Advises senior management of changes in the technical, legal, and regulatory areas impacting Information Security
• Carries out risk assessments and ensures that resulting action items are addressed in a timely manner
• Defines Information Security metrics and reports them to the steering committee
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science).
Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

• One or more of the following skills are desired:
• Experience with Telephony and AWS Connect is required
• Contact Center Application background on implementing security access levels required
• Experience with Technical Security Assessments or Audits on infrastructure, applications and platforms (NIST, SOX/SOC, etc.)
• Experience with Other: Security tools like Vulnerability Scanners
• Experience with Other: Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)
• Experience with Other: IT as it is related to Managed Healthcare

Soft Skills:

• Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Intermediate - Ability to work independently
• Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills
• Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills
• Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

License/Certification:

• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional or Relevant Security Certification preferred
• CompTIA Security+ Certification preferred
• AWS/Azure Security Specialty preferred

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act