Cyber Security Architect

The salary range for this job posting is $108,812.00 - $174,099.00 annually + bonus + benefits. Pay Type: Salary

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Encova Insurance is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join us. The Security Architect plays a key role in protecting and enabling Encova by partnering closely with application development and product teams. This role focuses on integrating security principles, standards, and risk considerations into solution designs from early concept through implementation. This is a hybrid role with in office work for meetings and collaboration. You must reside in Columbus, Ohio.

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Encova is only able to employ associates who reside and work within specific U.S. states. Our current policies are based on the laws in states in which we are registered for payroll. Our current footprint includes:

Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

JOB OBJECTIVE:

The strategic objective of the Cyber Security team is to protect and enable Encova. The Security Architect role will act as a liaison between Cyber Security and the application development product team(s) to ensure the proper attention to security principles, policies, and standards. A primary aspect of this role is to lead collaboration between development teams and Cyber Security from ideation to implementation. This role does not have operational responsibility for cybersecurity but must have a high-level understanding and be able to collaborate with developers and engineers to ensure solutions adhere to approved patterns or coordinate the creation of new patterns. This role requires strong understanding of business strategy, risk tolerance, and complex designs; all anchored in industry best practices and strong information security principles. The Security Architect leads technical teams through design ideation to approved implementation designs, and will help guide enterprise focused technology, roadmaps, standards, and process. Collaborating with other cross discipline architects, business leaders, and other subject matter experts to further the objective of protect and enable the enterprise.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintain expert level competency in multiple information technology disciplines, i.e. cloud infrastructure, modern application architecture, integration(s), data management/data governance, service-oriented architecture, cyber security and risk management, etc.

• Architect enterprise-level solutions and be able to explain the full burden of ownership related to various design considerations, especially regarding cybersecurity and risk management.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to technology teams, business users and business partners through credible guidance and leadership.

• Propose elegant technology solutions to achieve strategic business goals. Collaborate and communicate with advanced technical resources and non-technical business users.

• Research, design, plan, and guide enterprise implementations that drive business value, enable innovation and position the company for agile technology adoption In a secure fashion.

• Assist in establishing enterprise roadmaps, standards, and continuous improvement practices.

• Apply a working knowledge of desired strategic business capabilities and the related services and solutions supporting them.

• Maintain a strong technical understanding of virtualization and cloud technologies

• Have a strong technical aptitude for technology and information technology principles and frameworks (NIST CSF).

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Create and maintain advanced technical documentation.

• Prepare and pr