Senior Cloud Security Architect - IS-Mod

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

19h•$141,024 - $204,526

About The Position

The role of the Senior Cloud Security Architect demands business intellect, technical acuity, and the ability to think, communicate, and write at various levels of abstraction, business acumen, and technical capacity. The Senior Cloud Security Architect is considered well-versed, a leader, and a mentor; able to identify and resolve technology related information security gaps based on the organization's risk posture with input from peers. This is accomplished by maintaining a focus on cloud security while retaining enterprise security functions. This individual embraces teamwork, collaboration, and consensus driven decision making and has seasoned negotiation and influencing skills. The Senior Cloud Security Architect will provide oversight and implement, with guidance from Principal Cloud Security Architects, key functional areas.

Requirements

Business intellect
Technical acuity
Ability to think, communicate, and write at various levels of abstraction
Business acumen
Technical capacity
Well-versed in cloud security
Leadership skills
Mentorship abilities
Ability to identify and resolve technology related information security gaps based on the organization's risk posture
Teamwork and collaboration skills
Consensus-driven decision making
Seasoned negotiation and influencing skills
Ability to work with a high level of autonomy
Ability to maintain strong relationships
Ability to develop and defend security architectures or strategic security direction
Ability to represent management and communicate OIS strategy
Ability to contribute, maintain, and implement training programs
Positive leadership reputation

Nice To Haves

Guidance from Principal Cloud Security Architects for implementation

Responsibilities

Serve as an information security liaison to business leaders, executive sponsors, senior service/product owners, and third parties.
Lead information security efforts by guiding work throughout projects, initiatives, program increments, workshops, design/solution sessions, and consulting work.
Collaborate with senior leaders across engineering, enterprise architecture, OIS, and development practices to solve complex problems and deliver end-to-end solutions.
Lead efforts that relate to creating and updating cloud and enterprise information security policies, standards, guidelines, and best practices.
Advocate for the use of strong security principles and strategies throughout the organization.
Identify, prioritize, and escalate areas of inefficiencies, high risk information security practices, or sub-optimal operational outcomes and consult on strategies to remediate.
Help drive consensus on relevant strategies or initiatives with stakeholders, customers, and business leaders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Work with a high level of autonomy while keeping the CISO, security leadership, and OIS informed of risks, new work, roadblocks, and organizational developments.
Maintain strong relationships by guiding customers and stakeholders on the applicability of security architecture as it relates to their area of responsibility.
Develop and defend security architectures or strategic security direction to executive leaders, customers, stakeholders, and technical implementation teams.
Identify, help prioritize, and justify work efforts to IT, solution architects, enterprise architects, engineers, and analysts.
Represent management and communicate OIS strategy as the technical lead for projects and cross departmental efforts within research, education, patient care, and with external partners.
Contribute, maintain, and implement the training program for new Cloud Security Architects.
Maintain a reputation of positive leadership throughout OIS and act as a mentor and trainer to OIS colleagues.