Senior Manager, Security Architecture

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the enterprise security architecture to ensure technology solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with business and risk objectives. This role serves as the architectural authority for security design while providing leadership, governance, and strategic direction across cybersecurity initiatives. This role aligns to the NICE Security Architect (SP ARC) and Oversight & Governance (OG) work roles.

• Security Architecture & Design Authority (SP ARC):
  Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture, including principles, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns. Provide architectural oversight and approval for security designs across cloud, application, infrastructure, data, and AI platforms. Ensure security controls are designed in, risk informed, and aligned with enterprise architecture and business strategy. Lead threat modeling and architecture risk assessments for new and existing technologies. Partner with engineering, data, AI, and infrastructure teams to translate security requirements into implementable designs.
• Governance, Risk & Strategy (Oversight & Governance):
  Establish and enforce security architecture governance, including design review boards, exception management, and risk acceptance processes. Ensure architectural decisions align with regulatory, privacy, and industry frameworks (e.g., NIST, Zero Trust, AI governance). Collaborate with risk, compliance, and audit teams to support defensible security architecture decisions. Translate technical risk into business level impacts for executive and senior leadership audiences. Contribute to cybersecurity strategy, roadmaps, and multi‑year investment planning.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management:
  Lead and develop a team of security architects and senior engineers. Act as a trusted advisor to the CISO, CIO, enterprise architecture, and senior technology leaders. Influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority to drive secure‑by‑design outcomes. Provide executive level briefings on architecture posture, risks, and strategic tradeoffs.
• Leads enterprise security architecture and governance, ensuring technology solutions are securely designed, risk aligned, and strategically integrated across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Requires a Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of related experience in cybersecurity, with significant experience in security architecture and design. Prior management experience. Proven experience operating at the intersection of technology, risk, and business strategy. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

• CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional preferred
• CISM – Certified Information Security Manager preferred
• CCSP or equivalent cloud security credential preferred
• Other risk, governance, or architecture focused certifications as applicable preferred

Pay Range: $ – $ per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, health insurance, 401(k) and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job‑related factors permitted by law, including full‑time or part‑time status.

Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.