Anticipated End Date:

2025-02-08

Position Title:

Enterprise Principal Security Architect – AI, Zero Trust, Cloud, & Innovation (Enterprise Principal Architect)

Job Description:

Enterprise Principal Security Architect – AI, Zero Trust, Cloud, & Innovation (Enterprise Principal Architect)

Location: This position will work a hybrid model (remote and in office 1 - 2 days per week).  Ideal candidates will live or be willing to relocate to within 50 miles of one of our Pulse Point locations in Indianapolis, IN, Atlanta, GA, and Mason, OH.

The Enterprise Principal Security Architect – AI, Zero Trust, Cloud, & Innovation (Enterprise Principal Architect) will develop and drive our Enterprise Security Architecture models and strategies. The selected candidate will align Elevance Health’s systems and information assets with business and IT needs recognized security standards. They will develop security strategies, define reference architectures, guide solution architecture, and collaborate on Enterprise Architecture governance to ensure robust and compliant security frameworks.

How you will make an impact:

Recommends new technologies for domains based upon business value drivers and return on investment.

Drives new technologies towards implementation and exploitation. 

Establishes overall systems architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged.

Contributes to the holistic vision of Enterprise Architecture. 

Takes responsibility for health of overall architecture for market segment. 

Maintains components of architecture strategy and vision. 

Maintains enterprise level blueprints. 

Coordinates all enterprise-level conceptual architecture components (e.g., data architecture, application architecture, technical architecture. 

Monitors usage of architectural components and assumes responsibility for reuse. 

Drives system migration based upon roadmaps defined in enterprise and domain blueprints. 

Leads architecture strategy and vision for enterprise. Ensures blueprints are refreshed as needs emerge or in accordance to plan of record changes. 

Provides continuous consulting services and direction in projects and architectures. 

Champions and responsible for enterprise level technology and architectural standards, guidelines, principles, frameworks, and reference models. 

Defines systems, technical, and application architectures for new strategic initiatives.

Develops and maintains an architectural blueprint and evolutionary roadmap that defines and communicates the strategic direction for these architectures in support of business and technical strategies.

Explains how the roadmap maintains and delivers cost effectiveness, business value, and competitiveness.

Establish AI security controls and governance in alignment with frameworks and standards such as NIST's AI Risk Management Framework, CISA's guidelines on deploying AI systems securely, MITRE ATLAS, FS-ISAC's adversarial AI frameworks, HIPAA regulations, and HITRUST's AI assurance program.

Creates and executes AI security strategy aligned with business goals. 

Maintains security architecture standards and collaborates within the OCISO for unified security.

Designs secure AI/ML architectures with Zero Trust, ensuring adherence to best practices.

Defines components for large AI/cloud projects and integrates security controls with IT to meet business and regulatory standards.

Assesses AI security risks, ensures compliance, and balances requirements to minimize risk while enabling innovation.

Adopts AI security technologies, influences standards, innovates asset protection, and represents Elevance Health to establish industry leadership.

Collaborates to translate strategy into capabilities, addressing security gaps, and guide IT in embedding security across SDLC and MDLC.

Collaborates with data scientists and DevOps to integrate security into AI development.

Simplifies technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and engages in governance processes for organizational alignment.

Builds and mentors security teams focused on AI and cloud innovation.

Guides junior architects, ensuring knowledge transfer, and foster a culture of learning and collaboration.

Minimum requirements:

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 8 years’ experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. 

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise security architecture, including significant exposure to AI/ML and cloud technologies strongly preferred.

Proven track record of delivering large-scale security projects—especially AI-focused—in Fortune 100 or similarly complex environments strongly preferred.

Proven capacity to align security initiatives with business priorities and demonstrate ROI strongly preferred.

Adept at engaging and influencing C-level executives, translating technical details into actionable strategies strongly preferred.

Extensive experience pioneering new security methodologies and contributing to industry best practices strongly preferred.

Cross-functional experience (e.g., strategy, change management, business process management strongly preferred process management strongly preferred.

Ability to inspire teams and innovate groundbreaking AI security solutions strongly preferred.

Demonstrated expertise with CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM), NIST's Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), HIPAA compliance, and the application of zero trust design principles is strongly preferred.

Depth in AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), model security, cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), and enterprise architecture strongly preferred.

Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, TOGAF, CCSP, SABSA) strongly preferred.

ML/AI certifications: Nvidia CA, CAITL, Azure AI EA, Azure Data Science, GCP-ML, AWS-MLS, Stanford AI-GC, MIT-PCMLAI preferred.

Experience in health care industry preferred. 

Job Level:

Non-Management Exempt

Workshift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:

IFT > IT Architecture

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 and Influenza. 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.com for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.