Information Security Executive Advisor - Google Cloud Platform (Gcp)

Description
Information Security Executive Advisor - Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and in office one to two days per week). Ideal candidates will live within 50 miles of one of our Pulse Point locations in Chicago, IL, Indianapolis, IN, Richmond, VA, Norfolk, VA, Mason, OH or Atlanta, GA.
The Information Security Executive Advisor - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) develops strategic and tactical plans for a comprehensive enterprise-wide Information Security program. Leads the development of policies, technical standards, guidelines, procedures, and other elements of an infrastructure necessary to support Information Security in compliance with established company policies, regulatory requirements, and generally accepted Information Security controls. This technical role develops and drives Cloud Platform Security Architecture and Strategy patterns to support Enterprise Security solutions, collaborating with cross-team Platform Engineers to ensure business and IT alignment with Security standards.
How you will make an impact:

• Design, analyze, and implement sophisticated blueprints for Cloud Security Automation CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive testing plans to ensure security guardrails cannot be compromised.
  
• Contribute to big-picture strategy that aligns with industry best practices within Cloud infrastructure environments and the challenges associated with secure Enterprise integration.
  
• Create automated event-driven security validation.
  
• Define, communicate, and drive security controls matrix.
  
• Monitor compliance to Enterprise-level security standards, documenting requirements through threat modeling and other artifacts.
  
• Understand overall systems architecture and how to leverage Terraform and Ansible following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts.
  
• Provide strategic and tactical security control recommendations, operational security blueprints and roadmaps, reference architectures for security patterns, and general security technology/application assessments.
  
• Participate in the Cloud Governance processes and community of practice.
  
• Recommend changes and updates to cloud security governance strategy based on NIST, regulatory and evolving threats drivers.
  
• Propose opportunities to improve security outcomes and reduce risks based on targeted or continuous assessments.
  
• Recommend solutions in the light of legal/regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, FISMA, etc.
  
• Translate business strategy into discrete capabilities and help to identify security capability gaps in systems with business units.
  

• Establish architecture oversight and planning for information and network security technologies.
  
• Lead development of an Information Security risk management program that includes business, regulatory, industry practices and technical environment considerations.
  
• Establish strategic vendor relationships for security products and services.
  
• Develop enterprise-wide security incident response plans and strategies that includes integration with business, compliance, privacy, and legal constituents and requirements.
  
• Provide advanced level engineering design functions; provides trouble resolution and serves as point of technical escalation on complex problems.
  
• Create presentations and seek IT and business management approval and acceptance of significant replacements or reconfigurations of major security technologies serving the Enterprise.
  
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to the technical engineers within the organization.
  
• Participate in the design of the enterprise architecture.
  
• Propose opportunities to improve results based on targeted or continuous assessment.
  
• Research relevant trends and activities in healthcare, business, competition, and regulatory environments.
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires BS/BA in Information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 10 years of experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people; experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
  

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• 5+ years of experience in architecting CI/CD processes and tools as well as automation with Terraform and Ansible, following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts strongly preferred.
  
• 3+ years of experience in defining solution architecture, design detailing, and technology delivery strongly preferred.
  
• Experience designing configuration and automation of CI/CD Release pipeline with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Git, Maven/Gradle, Sonar, Artifactory, Jira, Checkmarx, RabbitMQ strongly preferred .
  
• Common DevOps scripting languages (Python, BASH, Node.JS, etc.) experience strongly preferred.
  
• Experience in centralized controls and reporting for Security-focused logging and monitoring, with a focus on Splunk/ SIEM integration strongly preferred.
  
• REST, JSON, YAML, SOAP/XML - Web services a plus experience strongly preferred.
  
• Experience with least-privileged RBAC principles and the secure use of service accounts strongly preferred.
  
• Strong understanding of Cloud Security governance, including but not limited to Organization/Security policies, Assured Workloads and Federated Workloads concepts, Security Hub/ Security Command Center Premium/ Security Center, and centralized governance design strategies strongly preferred.
  
• Understanding of legal/regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, FISMA, etc. strongly preferred.
  
• Experience in automated architectures supporting integration with ticketing and asset management systems strongly preferred.
  
• Security Certifications specific focus on Cloud (GCP) such as Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud Network Engineer, Professional Cloud Security Engineer, etc. preferred.
  
• CISSP preferred.
  
• CCSP and other advanced technical security certifications preferred.
  
• 3+ years of experience in Information Security-focused efforts, with demonstrated ability to distill complex security problems and drive toward creative solutions while complying with Enterprise policies preferred.
  
• Experience with the Mitre ATT&CK framework and detection logic driven by threat intelligence preferred.
  
• Highly proficient with network security, with a focus on aspects such as web content filtering, IDS/IPS, and OFAC Geoblock capabilities as well as Istio and mutual TLS authentication preferred.
  
• Experience with VPC Service Controls and public/private subnet designs, able to identify and architect options related to GKE/EKS workloads preferred.
  
• Experience with workload identity federation, specifically as required for service accounts, with strong knowledge of service account controls, vaulting, and best practices preferred.
  
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly with all constituents, serving as a mentor and SME preferred.
  
• Experience in providing clear presentations to Cloud Engineers, with a solid understanding of how the strategy and architecture designs need to translate to engineering and operational security-focused tasks preferred.
  

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.
Who We Are
Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.
How We Work
At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.
Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.
The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.comfor assistance.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.comfor assistance.