***This is a remote 6+ month contract role, there is no sponsorship, and no 3rd party candidates will be considered***
Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a Cyber Security Architect with Healthcare Industry and Clinical experience and standards. Candidate will be focused on evaluating the current security and technology landscape and defining the future-state architecture and roadmap. This is a strategic, leadership-level individual contributor role with no direct reports and will work closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure security strategy aligns with business goals and industry best practices.
The Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the enterprise security architecture. This role ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of patient health information (PHI), clinical systems, and services delivered to Community Connect clinics. The Security Architect collaborates with IT, Risk, Ethics, and Compliance, Legal, business stakeholders, and vendors to establish scalable, secure, compliant, and user-friendly technology solutions that protect the organization and the clinics we serve from emerging threats.
Responsibilities:
Security Architecture & Design
Continue to develop and maintain enterprise security architecture as we grow, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
Architect and implement secure solutions which serve our clinics and their needs
Define and maintain security reference architectures, diagrams, and standards.
Conduct security risk assessments and threat modeling for new technologies, vendors, and client sites.
Technology & Implementation
Evaluate the current security capability landscape and recommend solutions
Lead the design and deployment of these security controls
Evaluate and implement current technology suite for optimizations
Oversee secure configuration of existing systems
Collaboration & Leadership
Serve as a technical security advisor to IT, clinicians, and leadership teams.
Provide guidance to engineering, networking, and application teams to ensure secure design principles are followed.
Lead security architecture reviews, vendor evaluations, and technology road-mapping.
Incident Response & Monitoring
Contribute to the development and maintenance of the incident response plan.
Support investigations involving malware, ransomware, phishing, and unauthorized access.
Interpret logs, alerts, and telemetry to improve defensive posture.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in information security or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in a security architecture role.
Strong understanding of HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH, and PHI protection requirements.
Experience designing secure architectures for cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
Hands-on experience with security tools (EDR/XDR, SIEM, IAM/MFA, DLP, firewalls, vulnerability management).
Knowledge of network protocols, identity architectures, authentication, encryption, and zero trust principles.
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM
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