U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions
Role Summary:
Work as a senior member of Information Security team with focus on improving decision-making through collaboration with management, staff, and customers on technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and investments in strategic technology. Provide overall direction, lifecycle management, and leadership for all Information Security architecture and technology. Perform a lead role in identification, analysis, evaluation, lifecycle management and adoption of security technologies. Serve as a key consultant regarding security features of technologies throughout WPS Health Solutions business lines and corporate environment. Work closely with specialized security teams to ensure coordination with activities in technology choices.
In this role you will:
Architect, prioritize, coordinate, and communicate choice of security technologies necessary to ensure a highly secure, yet usable, computing environment.
Be responsible for creation and maintenance of enterprise security standards applicable to all technologies in portfolio.
Manage and advise on information security issues to ensure internal security controls are appropriate and operating as intended.
Guide employees by utilizing credibility and subject matter expertise that aligns security and enterprise architectures.
Build strong cross-organizational relationships and effectively influence staff across IT organization and broader enterprise.
Provide leadership to extend organizational ability to optimize use of emerging technologies.
Participate in setting strategic direction and advise leadership on Information Security issues, systems, processes, products, and services.
Maintain an expert knowledge in field of Information Security and related issues, systems, processes, products, and services.
Utilize best practices and risk tolerances frameworks. Stay current with security technologies and make recommendations for use based on business value.
Evaluation of overall risk for IT systems and data they contain and process, accounting for people, processes, and technologies that provide security controls.
Maintain oversight of design and implementation of IT systems to ensure appropriate and effective security controls are included.
Design and implement segregation of duties controls for enterprise.
This role could be a good fit if you:
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and are able to navigate in an environment with both highly technical and highly nontechnical individuals.
Enjoy working in the “grey”, possessing the unique ability to deal with ambiguous information/conditions/circumstance and make expert judgments in situations where no precedent exists.
Are comfortable interacting and presenting to executives highly effective communicator with well-honed influencing and negotiating skills.
Get excited about creating and presenting materials ranging from detailed technical specifications to high-level presentations.
Possesses the ability to translate technical security concepts into layperson's terms and to maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
Want to take leadership role in the integration of various security and data protection. technologies/controls into a cohesive architecture to sufficiently mitigate risk.
You’ll benefit from this experience by:
Working in a highly complex highly security conscious environment that has a security umbrella that encompasses health Insurance, contract with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) and Department of Defense contracts that include, Tricare and VA.
Work as a thought leader providing guidance insights into security industry standards.
Working in an environment that serves our Nation’s military, veterans, Guard and Reserves along with their families.
You need to have:
U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field OR equivalent post high school education and/or work-related experience.
1 or more years of related work experience.
We also prefer:
An active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification or the ability to get this certification within 6 months of hire.
5 or more years as a Security Architect/Engineer in information security field with expert knowledge of platform, application, storage, network, virtualization, cloud and mobile security.
5 or more years of security and networking systems such as Cisco, Microsoft, Linux.
Possess a thorough understanding of enterprise risk management principles and processes
Knowledge and experience with cloud security.
Experience with ensuring acquisition or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with organization's cybersecurity architecture guidelines.
Related Security and/or Audit certifications, such as:
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
A Comprehensive understanding of:
Project management methodologies and processes; e.g., SCRUM, Agile, Waterfall, DevSecOps
IT infrastructure such as routers, firewalls, servers
Understanding of various security technologies such as:
Anti-virus – McAfee preferred
Encryption (transmission and at-rest)
Vulnerability scanning and management tools
Firewall auditing
Web Filtering / IPS
Centralized event logging
Penetration testing concepts and tools
Vulnerability assessment tools, such as Nessus
Risk assessment and analysis tools
GRC software
Microsoft SharePoint
ServiceNow Service Desk suite
Your team:
Our team is a group of security professionals with a variety of backgrounds and expertise focused on providing sound security leadership to the organization. This requires the team to work closely together and rely on each other’s strengths and areas of expertise.
Remote work: This role is open to considering 100% remote work the following approved states: Approved States: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Compensation and Benefits
Eligible for annual Performance Bonus Program
401(k) with dollar-per-dollar match up to 6% of salary
Competitive paid time off
Health and dental insurance start DAY 1
Vision insurance
Flexible spending, dependent care, and health savings accounts
Short- and long-term disability, group life insurance
Innovative professional and cognitive development programs
Who We Are
WPS Health Solutions is an innovator in health insurance and a worldwide leader in claims administration, serving millions of beneficiaries in the United States and abroad.
Founded in 1946, WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, and seniors, and group plans for small and large businesses. We are a world-class claims processor and program administrator for the government’s Medicare program. And we manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel and their families.
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Our values – Customer Focused, Individual Responsibility, Mutual Respect, and Driven & Passionate – are the core of who we are and how we conduct business every day.
Health Insurance
WPS Health Insurance offers high-quality health insurance plans for individuals and families, Medicare supplement plans for seniors, and group health plans for businesses of every size.
WPS Military and Veterans Health administers claims and provides customer service and related activities for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and their beneficiaries.
WPS Government Health Administrators manages Medicare Part A and Part B benefits for more than 7 million beneficiaries. As one of the largest contractors for the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services, we’ve served Medicare beneficiaries and their health care providers since 1966.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)