Associate Director, CyberSecurity Engineering

Humana

2d • Remote

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community (Candidate should be located in one of the following Metro locations: Louisville KY, NYC Metro, Dallas Metro, Charlotte NC Metro, South Florida, Washington DC metro, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville). The Associate Director, CyberSecurity Engineering will lead the enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) program, overseeing privileged account security, vaulting, and governance across cloud, on-premises, and subsidiary environments. This role is responsible for advancing PAM strategy and improving the consistency of privileged controls across the organization. The leader will guide modernization efforts and partner with stakeholders to improve privileged access hygiene. This position requires strong technical leadership, operational excellence, and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in technical leadership roles driving complex cybersecurity or IAM programs.
• Proven experience leading PAM engineering or operations teams and delivering privileged access solutions at enterprise scale.
• Deep technical expertise in privileged access concepts including vaulting, rotation, service accounts, SUDO policies, and elevated-access governance.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory/Entra ID, Windows/Linux/Mac operating systems, and cloud privileged access patterns.
• Demonstrated success driving modernization initiatives and reducing high-risk privileged access.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Hands-on, collaborative approach to problem-solving and solution delivery.
• Ability to participate in and oversee on-call support for PAM services.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Industry certification such as, but not limited to, CISSP, CCSP or CISM.
• Experience leading projects in both agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Project management certifications such as PMP or CSM preferred.
• Experience in budget planning and management for technologies, services, and staffing resources

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor direct reports and other teammates, fostering a culture of technical excellence, service, and accountability.
• Drive the enterprise privileged cloud migration (Pcloud), including planning, stakeholder engagement, change-champion coordination, and post-cutover stabilization.
• Lead privileged access efforts across subsidiaries, establishing a repeatable framework for onboarding new entities and remediating posture gaps.
• Manage high-risk privileged reduction initiatives with a focus on strong organizational change management execution.
• Partner across engineering, security, and business teams to resolve blockers, improve privileged access design, and implement consistent vaulting and governance controls.
• Develop and deliver a unified application onboarding experience for PAM, including playbooks, checklists, and privilege-mapping guidance.
• Build VP-level privileged access scorecards and integrate PAM metrics into enterprise Problem Management to identify incidents involving privileged misuse.
• Serve as the primary liaison for Risk and Compliance partners to address audit findings, risks, and control improvements.
• Support operational processes including vendor renewals, case management, program reporting, and on-call escalation responsibilities.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging PAM technologies, and regulatory expectations related to privileged access security.

Benefits

• Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director