Piedmont Urgent Care · 4 hours ago
IT Security Engineer
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expPiedmont Urgent Care is seeking an experienced IT Security Engineer to support and advance the organization's cybersecurity program within a regulated healthcare environment. This role is responsible for the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of security controls across WellStreet's hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Engineer, operate, and continuously improve security controls across WellStreet's enterprise environment, including endpoint, identity, network, and cloud security platforms
Maintain reliable security integrations, logging, and telemetry to support detection, response, and audit visibility
Partner with the SOC to validate alerts and coordinate response while retaining internal ownership of security decisions
Participate in on-call response for confirmed or high-severity security incidents
Investigate and coordinate response to security incidents in accordance with documented procedures, balancing containment, business impact, and recovery
Maintain and improve incident response playbooks for common healthcare threat scenarios, including phishing, ransomware, unauthorized access, and data exposure
Document incidents and/or contribute to post-incident reviews and continuous improvement efforts
Identify security risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities across infrastructure, identity, endpoints, and cloud services
Recommend and implement practical, risk-based security improvements aligned with clinical and business operations
Support vulnerability management and remediation coordination with IT Operations
Support the organization's security awareness and education program, including phishing simulations, targeted training, and user education aligned with HIPAA and HITRUST requirements
Support ongoing HIPAA and HITRUST sustainment activities, including control documentation, evidence management, and audit readiness
Partner with Compliance, Privacy, HR, and internal stakeholders during assessments, audits, and reviews to ensure security control remains accurate and defensible
Collaborate with IT Operations, Privacy, Compliance, HR, and leadership to integrate security requirements into operational workflows
Communicate security risks, recommendations, and incident lessons learned clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
Perform all other duties assigned to support evolving organizational and regulatory needs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Six (6) or more years of experience in IT security, security engineering, or closely related IT operations roles
Experience supporting security programs in healthcare
Working knowledge of HIPAA security requirements and NIST or ISO control frameworks
Experience supporting or administering security awareness training programs
Hands-on experience with enterprise security technologies, including endpoint protection, SIEM, network security, identity, and cloud security
Preferred
Experience sustaining HITRUST certification in a healthcare organization
Familiarity with SOC operational models and vendor coordination
Industry certifications such as CISSP, SSCP, Security+, CEH, or equivalent
Experience with Azure security services and modern hybrid environments
Company
Piedmont Urgent Care
Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet is here to set the standard for patient service excellence in urgent care, becoming the provider and employer of choice in the communities we serve.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase