IS Security Architect

About Steward Health Care

Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.

As the country's largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.

Steward is among the nation's largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.

Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Summary: The Security Architect designs, implements and maintains the security posture of Steward Health Care's computer systems. The Architect also provides leadership and support for the Security Operations team. Requires diverse set of skills including problem-solving, solid verbal and written communication, excellent relationship building experience and strong leadership skills. This position works remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Support organization security strategies aligned to enable Steward Health Care's mission and business objectives
• Serve as a leader of project teams in a cross-functional environment
• Provide development guidance and assist in the identification, implementation, and maintenance of organization information security policies and procedures in coordination with organization management and administration
• Identify key operational areas for continuous improvement

Requirements, Knowledge & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Cyber Security, BS or equivalent experience required
• Certification/Licensure in at least one of the following preferred: PCNSE, CCIE, PCSAE
• Software/Hardware: Palo Alto, Cisco, Linux, Python, REST API
• Strong background in Security Architecture, Engineering and Operations
• Must have knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls
• Design, build, implement and support of enterprise-class security systems
• Work both independently and collaborate with peers, across teams and with management
• Knowledge of IT Operations, vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments
• Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements
• Provide guidance on incident response and data leakage control topics to other IT groups
• Security considerations of cloud computing, including data breaches, hacking, malicious insiders and third parties, authentication, APTs, data loss and DOS attack and mitigation.
• Strong knowledge of various security solutions such as AV, IDS, SIEM, VPN, Zero Trust, DNS, Load Balancers (application Firewalls), Next Generation Firewalls
• Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography and authentication.
• Knowledge of and experience in scripting using Python and/or PowerShell is required
• Knowledge of web applications and API is highly desired
• Experience with cloud environments, such as Microsoft Azure is desired

Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.