Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) ยท 20 hours ago
Remote Sr. Cybersecurity Architect (AI/Cloud Focus)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$70/hr - $75/hr
5+ years expSoftware Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) is searching for a Sr. Cybersecurity Architect (AI/Cloud Focus) for a contract assignment with one of their premier Healthcare Services clients in Jacksonville, FL. This remote role is responsible for designing and implementing enterprise security strategies, architectures, and solutions, while ensuring adherence to security standards and best practices.
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Responsibilities
Serves the company as an advisor on best practices and is responsible for designing and effectively implementing enterprise security strategies, architectures and solutions that guide IT security direction
Accountable for the security architecture across a variety of applications or domains and assigned to project/initiatives of large size, complexity and risk
Develops actionable security blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards and guidelines to ensure enterprise information technology architecture is consistent, usable, secure and adds value to the business
Interacts with vendors, IT and business area contacts to facilitate flexible, scalable and cost effective security solutions. Also provides technical guidance to less experienced Security Architects
The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned
Accountable for adhering to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring security technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy-setting
Responsible for design and implementation of security strategy, architecture and platforms. Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including security monitoring and security metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise security program and established controls
Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs
Participates in security governance processes
Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas and client groups
Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for issue resolution
Serves as security architecture subject matter expert to business areas, project teams and vendors to apply and execute appropriate use of technology solutions and lead efforts to examine technology vision, opportunities and challenges
Builds consensus around principles of security architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles
Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options
Provides technical guidance to less experienced Security Architects
Participates on project teams contributing input with regard to security standards and the impact to technology
Investigates and reports on security threats and incidents
Conducts post-event reviews of security incidents
Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blue prints
Evaluates strengths and flaws in Security Architecture designs including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership
Facilitates project handoffs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions
Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns between projects. Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise
Establishes and maintains relationships with IT and business area partners to evaluate designs and controls
Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience. Benchmarks technology strategies and architectures. Monitors and anticipates trends and investigates organizational objectives and needs. Provides guidance on security solutions and prepares benchmarking reports and presentations
Promotes implementation of new technology, solutions and methods to improve business processes, efficiency, effectiveness and value delivered to customers
Qualification
Required
Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field or equivalent work experience
5+ years related work experience (work experience as an Architect working on progressively complex IT projects)
CISSP - Cert Information Systems Security Professional - must posses a relevant cybersecurity or technical certification for this role. If a relevant certification is not possessed, will be expected to obtain a relevant certification within 6 months of hire
2 or more years cloud security experience
IAM experience with employee and consumer identity security
Experience securing API's
Experience using Agile methodology
Preferred
Health care industry related experience is preferred
Additional Information Security certifications (CISM, CISA, etc) preferred
Company
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.)
SGA is the technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a certified women-owned business.
201-500 employees
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Peter Taylor
CEO
Andrew Gallagher - CCWP
Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
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