Avanos Medical Looking for Associate Director IT Security Architecture at Alpharetta, GA  Full Time

Requisition ID:5462

Job Title:Associate Director IT Security Architecture

Job Country:United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

The Avanos COVID-19 Vaccine Policy: This Policy applies to U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees & Avanos leadership: All U.S. customer-facing / field-based employees hires must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of being fully vaccinated does not need to be disclosed until a job offer has been made but must be submitted within 48 hours after the acceptance of the job offer. If you have a qualifying medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice that precludes you from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, you may apply for an exemption or deferral after you accept the job offer and before your scheduled start date. The reasonable accommodation provided to the employee, if any, will depend on the employee’s job and the applicable facts, but it may include weekly COVID-19 testing and masking requirements. New hires who do not submit, before their scheduled start date, proof of being fully vaccinated or a request for a reasonable accommodation will have their job offer revoked.

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter.We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit .

Associate Director, IT Security Architecture

The Role

The IT Security Architect will design and oversee the implementation of secure information technology architectures. Helps to identify and define the organization’s cyber security requirements and research, plans, designs, and evaluates security architectures in accordance with organization needs. The role will also handle basic issues and problems and refer more complex issues to higher-level staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The IT Security Architect provides detailed recommendations for architecture and technology and reports on all matters relevant to information security. The Information Security Architect works with Infrastructure teams, Support teams, and Development teams to develop and implement security standards and training, ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Avanos systems, reviews, documents, and assesses all items relevant to information security.

• Drives beneficial security change into the business through the development or review of architectures to ensure that they fit business requirements for security, mitigate risks, conform to the relevant security standards, and balance information risk against the cost of appropriate countermeasures.
• Perform cyber risk assessments to identify, analyze, and quantify risks and vulnerabilities in code, systems, products, and business processes as needed. Provide strategies for establishing and sustaining the security requirements of an information asset and identify protection goals and objectives consistent with the company’s strategy and business objectives. These assessments can take multiple formats, including audits, vulnerability tests, self-assessments, industry comparisons, code reviews, etc.
• Delivers guidelines, best practices, and direction on security standards/policies and roadmaps.
• Provides subject matter expertise, consultation, and escalation support.
• Designs, architects, and implements Azure cloud security networking solutions.
• Owns security audit process – identifies issues, makes recommendations, and resolves opportunities for improvement.
• Manages and maintains DNS and certificates.
• Develops technical security standards to support information security policies.
• Provides technical assistance in configuration, and maintenance of network security devices including, but not limited to, firewalls, IPS, SIEM, and VPN platforms.
• Monitors and enforces compliance with information security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Review solution architecture, identify, and close security loopholes.
• Ongoing assessments and recommendations for security trends
• Assist/recommend security remediation process.
• Protecting the infrastructure that runs all the services offered in Cloud.
• Automate processes to proactively reduce security gaps for all aspects of the cloud services.
• Implement security monitoring dashboards i.e., SIEM, and Support Cyber Incidents management.

In coordination with various departments, define, design, and implement security goals and requirements for all development, pre-production, and SaaS/IaaS/PaaS systems, projects, and processes, including but not limited to: authentication, authorization, access control enforcement, transaction privacy, non- repudiation, intrusion detection, and containment, audit-proof of wholeness, secure state restoration, and protected communication by utilizing appropriate technologies such as firewalls, VPN, logs, intrusion detection, password policy enforcement, software controls, etc. and assure that the requirements of the services are continuously met.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, – OR – equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of demonstrated experience in cybersecurity and/or 10 years of IT network and/cloud security.
• CISSP certification.
• Expert understanding of the Seven-layer OSI model.
• Healthcare/Life Sciences experience.
• Experience as a Security Architect
• Clear understanding of public Healthcare/Life Sciences regulatory requirements.
• Strong understanding of utilizing native cloud technologies for user management, security, costing, and tools Broad in-depth understanding of onboarding applications onto IaaS, PaaS /Serverless, and SaaS offerings, deployment automation, DevOps, scripting, containers, and Cloud Governance
• Prior application/infrastructure engineering/Architecting and cloud certifications are a huge plus. Technical guidance and engineering best practices to securely build and scale cloud-native applications and configure network security defenses within the cloud environment.
• Managing solutions with Security Monitoring, Alerting, Audit Trail, and Incident Response
• Excellent communication skills, ability to clearly articulate the needs of security i.e., documentation skills, managing delivery timelines, ability to handle multiple projects, and multitasking skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and written.
• Extreme accuracy in quality of work.
• Work independently.

Preferred:

• CISSP, or other security relevant certification
• Previous experience working in IT Operations or Network Operations support.

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please .

Join us at Avanos
Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Make your career count
Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees – through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary – our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

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