Security Architect

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942 and have never changed our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, innovate, and help patients because of our dedicated employees.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters.

This job guides the technical direction of information security applications and solutions, ensuring alignment with the business strategy. The role involves designing, developing, and implementing solutions to business problems, evaluating emerging technologies, and analyzing complex business issues to discern their impact on systems implementation and support.

Required – High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred – Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Required – 10 years of related information technology security experience in a regulated industry.

Preferred – SANS GIAC, ISC2 CISSP, or other advanced security certifications.

• Effective verbal, written, and diagrammatic communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders, SMEs, peers and leadership to develop solutions and secure stakeholder support.
• Technical knowledge of the IT infrastructure, managing the security infrastructure and associated regulations and frameworks.
• Ability to interpret business, technology and threat drivers, and develop practical security roadmaps.
• Technical knowledge of systems development life-cycle (SDLC) with a solid understanding of implementation challenges from concept through operational support.
• Working knowledge of SOA integration, integration lifecycle, and enterprise integration services, and ability to understand the technological impact on clinical operations including risk management, change management, configuration management, business continuity, safety and analytics.
• Project management skills and ability to plan and lead medium to large, complex HIT projects.
• Excellent time management, presentation, and organization skills and ability to take initiative and remain accountable for achieving results.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to accurately analyze information and make sound decisions.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule (e.g., 24/7, weekend, holiday, on call availability).

• Develop and maintain a security architecture process that enables the enterprise to implement security solutions aligned with business, technology and threat drivers.
• Track developments and changes in the digital business and threat environment to ensure they’re adequately addressed in security strategy plans.
• Participate in application and infrastructure projects to provide security‑planning advice.
• Determine baseline security configuration standards for operating systems, network segmentation, and identity and access management.
• Validate IT infrastructure and other reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks.
• Validate security configurations and access to security infrastructure tools, including firewalls, IPS, WAF and anti‑malware/endpoint protection systems.
• Review network segmentation to ensure least privilege for network access.
• Liaise with the internal audit team to review and evaluate the design and operational effectiveness of security‑related controls.
• Perform other related duties as required.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only and are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.