Remote IT - Cybersecurity - Sr Cybersecurity Architect

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Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Remote IT - Cybersecurity - Sr Cybersecurity Architect for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Health Insurance clients in Jacksonville, FL . This role will be remote.

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.

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.

Required Skills:

5+ years related work experience (work experience as an Architect working on progressively complex IT projects)

Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field or equivalent work experience

CISSP - Cert Information Systems Security Prof (within 180 Days if converted to FTE)

Candidate must have extensive experience as Sr. Security Architect or Infrastructure Architect

Preferred Skills:

Health care industry related experience is preferred

Information Security certifications preferred (CISSP, CISM)

Experience using Agile methodology

Extensive experience with IT Infrastructure Services components and how to enable the business while at the same time providing the appropriate level of Security controls

Experience with Network Security principles, such as Firewalls, perimeter defenses, load balancers, proxy servers

Experience with End-Point, Remote Access, Network Systems Management, Messaging & Collaboration, and Logging & Monitoring Security solutions

Big Data architectures such as Hortonworks suite of products: Hadoop, Kafka, Redis, and Object Storage principles

Amazon Web Services AWS and Microsoft Azure deployment, Security, Network, and Operational architectures and solutions

Identity and Access Management "IAM concepts and principles such as federation, delegated access (user managed access "UMA ), single sign on, OAuth, and OpenID.

Securing Digital Engagement models such as mobile, IOT, wearables, etc.

Security engineering for API gateways, REST Web Services, JSON Web Tokens "JWT , SOAP

Knowledge of CMS ARS controls and ability to design security controls to support control objectives

2 or more years cloud security experience

IAM experience with employee and consumer identity security

Experience securing API's

Health care industry related experience is preferred

Additional Information Security certifications (CISM, CISA, etc) preferred

Experience using Agile methodology

Cloud is nice to have but not a must

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

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