Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Cigna Group is a health services organization dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those it serves. The Managing Director of Security Architecture & Engineering will lead enterprise security architecture, cybersecurity platform engineering, cloud and platform security, AI security, and secure-by-design technology practices while aligning investments with business, regulatory, and threat landscape priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead Security Architecture & Engineering as an enterprise capability, that advances secure-by-design technology practices and delivers cybersecurity engineering capabilities that protect the enterprise
- Establish and govern security architecture standards, reference architectures, and design patterns across applications, cloud, infrastructure, and platform services
- Ensure security is embedded early and consistently across the technology delivery lifecycle through secure-by-design and DevSecOps practices
- Drive engineering outcomes that are scalable, resilient, automated, and aligned to modern cloud-native and platform-based architectures
- Own the strategy, architecture, roadmap, modernization, and delivery of core cybersecurity platforms and services that enable enterprise security operations, reduce complexity, and improve risk outcomes
- Lead engineering teams responsible for designing, implementing, integrating, automating, and lifecycle-managing security technologies, reusable services, APIs, and engineering capabilities across identity, endpoint, cloud, application, network, data, detection, and response domains
- Establish platform engineering practices and metrics that improve reliability, scalability, performance, resiliency, adoption, operational efficiency, and user experience across the cybersecurity technology portfolio
- Define and advance secure cloud adoption strategies across multi-cloud and hybrid environments (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- Partner with cloud, infrastructure, and application leaders to ensure secure configuration, architecture, and operation of platforms
- Lead the development of guardrails and controls that enable speed while enforcing security and compliance requirements
- Promote infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, automated security controls across environments, and reusable cloud-native security patterns across environments
- Establish security architecture and controls for AI/GenAI solutions, including model governance, data protection, and responsible AI practices
- Partner with enterprise AI and data teams to enable secure adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation capabilities
- Evaluate emerging technologies and integrate them into security and engineering strategies in a way that balances innovation with risk management
- Drive AI-enabled security capabilities, automation, and engineering solutions that enhance detection, response, security operations, decision-making, and cyber defense outcomes
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology and business leaders on security architecture, cloud risk, and investment priorities
- Ensure alignment of architecture and engineering decisions with enterprise cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and regulatory requirements
- Partner with risk, compliance, and audit teams to ensure appropriate controls and governance are embedded across platforms
- Provide clear, executive-level communication on security posture, architecture direction, and key risks
- Develop and execute a multi-year cybersecurity platform strategy that simplifies the tooling portfolio, improves engineering excellence, advances automation, and aligns investment planning and lifecycle management to measurable business outcomes
- Build and mentor leadership talent within the organization, ensuring succession depth and strong engagement
- Foster a culture that balances strong risk management with business enablement and innovation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- 12+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, cloud engineering, or technology leadership roles
- Proven experience leading enterprise-level security architecture, secure engineering, and cybersecurity platform delivery functions within complex, regulated environments
- Deep expertise across: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, hybrid architectures); Security architecture frameworks (NIST, ISO, CIS, etc.); Application, infrastructure, identity, and data security domains
- Demonstrated experience advancing modern engineering practices (cloud-native, DevSecOps, automation, API-driven architectures)
- Familiarity with AI/ML security considerations, data protection, and emerging technology risk management
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across a matrixed organization
- Experience operating in globally distributed environments with internal and external partners
- Master's degree or MBA preferred
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP) preferred
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in an annual bonus and long term incentive plan.
- Medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs starting on day one of employment.
- 401(k).
- Company paid life insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year.
- Paid holidays.
- Leaves of absence.
- Remote/Work From Home for the right candidate.
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