Remote Lead Security Architect – Cloud & Apps

Humana Inc; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Security Architect to shape enterprise security architecture and secure development practices across the organization.

You will partner with EIP and business leaders to assess threats, close architectural gaps, and design forward-looking security solutions that strengthen Humana's security posture. You will lead security assessments, vulnerability analyses, and product security reviews while guiding secure design in SDLC and DevSecOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant information technology field
• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience with at least 5 years focused on security architecture
• Experience performing threat modeling and application security assessments
• Experience integrating security controls into modern SDLC and DevSecOps environments
• Experience conducting architecture and design reviews for enterprise applications
• Experience remediating security vulnerabilities and advising engineering teams on secure design practices
• Experience securing APIs, web applications, and cloud-based workloads
• Experience working within Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud environments
• Experience communicating security risks and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders
• Experience implementing enterprise security technologies with organization-wide impact
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Responsibilities

• Perform application security assessments, threat models and enforce design patterns while integrating them into a modern SDLC.
• Determine security architecture requirements by evaluating business strategies and requirements.
• Propose and advise solutions or strategies that address business segment security risks or gaps.
• Use independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action.
• Serve as a single point of contact and develop relationships with business segment (line of business) stakeholders.
• Proactively communicate design and secure development principles to appropriate stakeholders
• Proactively improve security designs to reduce vulnerabilities found after development of code
• Influence stakeholders to correct security deficiencies in the solution design as well as developed code
• Provide solutions to security deficiencies while allowing for necessary business and technical functionality
• Automation and standardization of all applicable processes

Skills

cybersecurity expertise

threat modeling

application security

DevSecOps

cloud security (Azure/AWS/GCP)

communication to stakeholders

security architecture

secure software design

enterprise security

risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/InfoSec

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Security Architect to shape enterprise security architecture and secure development practices across the organization.

You will partner with EIP and business leaders to assess threats, close architectural gaps, and design forward-looking security solutions that strengthen Humana's security posture. You will lead security assessments, vulnerability analyses, and product security reviews while guiding secure design in SDLC and DevSecOps.