Enterprise Security Architect - IT Innovation Initiatives

Description

Location: Maine Health
Department: IT Division - Innovation Initiatives

Enterprise Security Architect - IT Innovation

Maine Health is hiring for an Enterprise Security Architect. If you are a strategic thinker and a hands‑on problem solver
, comfortable navigating the complexity of a multi‑hospital healthcare system
. You thrive at the intersection of innovation, security, and patient care
, while bringing positivity, collaboration, and even humor into high‑stakes projects.

This role sits within the Innovation Initiatives Team of the IT Division, tasked with delivering strategic, high‑impact projects that advance patient care, research, finance, and administrative functions across the health system. These initiatives often involve deploying new software platforms and supporting new clinical and administrative locations. Projects will be high‑visibility, high‑value, and time‑sensitive
, requiring precision, strong leadership, and proactive collaboration to meet deadlines.

• Security Architecture & Design
• Define, implement, and maintain secure architecture frameworks for strategic IT initiatives across clinical, research, financial, and administrative domains.
• Conduct security reviews, technical assessments, and threat modeling for new and emerging solutions, ensuring alignment with Maine Health's enterprise security strategy.
• Establish and enforce security‑by‑design principles across innovation projects, reducing risk while enabling agility.
• Collaborate closely with enterprise, cloud, infrastructure, other architects to align security requirements with overall IT and business strategies.
• Strategic & Innovation Support
• Partner with clinical, research, and administrative leaders to ensure new initiatives meet both patient care needs and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST).
• Integrate cybersecurity requirements into EHR systems, medical device integrations, telehealth platforms, cloud applications, and physical site build‑outs
  .
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and project sponsors on cybersecurity risks and mitigations.
• Engineering & Operations
• Lead technical implementation of secure infrastructures, including networking, endpoint, application, and cloud security controls.
• Ensure effective security controls for multi‑hospital environments, hybrid data centers, and cloud‑based platforms.
• Governance & Risk Management
• Align with security frameworks and compliance mandates:
  HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, ISO, PCI
  .
• Provide documentation, security standards, and reusable architecture patterns.
• Collaboration & Enablement
• Engage across IT, clinical operations, research teams, and executive leadership to embed security practices.
• Provide mentoring and training to team members and stakeholders to raise security awareness.

We're looking for a seasoned Enterprise Security Architect with at least five years of experience, ideally in a healthcare setting and within a complex, multi‑hospital health system. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field is required, though equivalent work experience is also acceptable. Certifications such as Microsoft Security, AWS Security, or similar are a plus.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise across network and security infrastructure, data centers, storage systems, healthcare applications, and system interfaces. Familiarity with end‑user devices and Microsoft technologies‑including Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure AD, and Microsoft 365‑is important. We value expert‑level skills in cyber threat hunting and risk discovery, and experience with EHR platforms, clinical application security, and medical device security is highly desirable.

Beyond technical skills, we're looking for someone who communicates clearly with non‑technical stakeholders, thrives in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment, and brings a sense of humor and team spirit to cross‑functional work.