Information Security Architect

Location:

Avera Downtown Building-Sioux Falls

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$121,160.00 - $180,960.00

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

The Principal Cybersecurity Architect is a strategic leader responsible for designing, implementing, and managing Avera's enterprise security architecture. This role ensures the protection of sensitive healthcare data, compliance with industry regulations, and alignment of security initiatives with business objectives. The individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams including business, clinical, and operations to address current and emerging cybersecurity challenges.

What you will do

• Strategic Security Planning: Develop and maintain comprehensive security strategy plans and roadmaps for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Security Architecture Development: Create and uphold security architecture artifacts, including models, templates, standards, and procedures, leveraging enterprise architecture tools.
• Data Protection: Establish and enforce data classification standards to safeguard sensitive information.
• Policy and Standards Formulation: Draft and update security architecture standards, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Conduct security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and develop risk management plans to address vulnerabilities across the Enterprise.
• Collaboration and Integration: Work closely with IT (including Biomed,) clinical, and operational teams to integrate security solutions that align with business, technology, and threat drivers.
• Vendor and Audit Management: Evaluate third-party vendors' security postures and collaborate with internal teams to assess the effectiveness of security controls.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity technologies, including firewalls, SIEM, EDR, IAM, data encryption, and cloud security tools.
• Strong understanding of secure software development, DevSecOps, and zero-trust principles.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) - ISACA
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) - International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2)
• Health Information Technology (HIT) - HealthIT

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and