Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Job Description

The Principal Cybersecurity Architect safeguards the enterprise at multiple levels, ensuring secure operations, compliance, and resilience. This position is essential to maintain the organization's security posture, protect against evolving threats, and preserve the culture of security leadership. WhatYou'llDo

• Influence, consult with and build collaborative working relationships with senior business and IT leadership at the VP/Officer and C levels to help meet long term security objectives.
• Conduct risk assessments, evaluate alternative strategies, develop recommendations and ensure responsive communication with business representatives, security management, and third party vendors.
• Participate in the design review process and support the overall Security Architecture process.
• Influence and drive change to security architecture processes, strategies and standards, as needed in areas such as: Cloud infrastructure, A.I., information security, Data Loss Prevention, Intrusion Prevention, Threat and Vulnerability Management, and Identity and Access Management.
• Partner with management in defining and setting appropriate, implementable information security policy and ensuring alignment to standard operating procedures, instructions and standards.
• Develop, maintain and implement security policies, processes, tools and methodologies that support security architecture standards and ensure effective evolution of security architecture within the organization.
• Research, evaluate, recommend, plan implementation of, and test new or improved information security software or devices
• Coordinate analysis of new or enhanced software application or tool implementations for impacts to existing security software and devices.
• Participate in and/or lead forensic investigations and eDiscovery of suspected information security issues or in compliance reviews as requested by auditors, HR, Ethics, or Legal.
• Utilize security expertise and knowledge of new and emerging cyber attacks threats to make recommendations to management regarding implementation of best practices and/or process improvements to proactively protect the company's systems and networks.
• Provide informal work coordination and leadership/coaching to less experienced information security staff.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required)
• 8+ years of experience in related field.
• In lieu of degree, 10+ years of experience in related field.
• At least one security industry certification (i.e., CISSP, CISM, SANS), preferred.

Bonus Points

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholder groups
• Proven experience in Cloud Security practices and frameworks
• Working knowledge of A.I. concepts, including participation in enterprise-wide AI pilot programs

WhatYou'llGet

• The opportunity to work at thecutting edgeof health care delivery with a teamthat'sdeeply invested in the community
• Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to dogreat work
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage along withnumeroushealth and wellness programs
• Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacyassistance
• Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
• 401k match including an annual company contribution
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Salary Range At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.

• Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.

$130,560.00 - $208,896.00 Skills Application Security, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Technology Security, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Security Architecture Design, Security Engineering, Security Governance, Security Management, Security Practices, Threat and Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Management Apply tot his job Apply To this Job