What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Security Director position at AXA Professionals?
Responsibilities
Client Advisory & Engagement
• Lead security assessments for the organization, identifying gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities across infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and organizational processes.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on security architecture, compliance requirements, and bestpractice frameworks relevant to healthcare organizations.
Security Engineering & Operations
• Implement, configure, and manage security controls across Active Directory, Azure, IAM, endpoint protection, network security, and cloud environments.
• Oversee or support Epic Security administration, access governance, and template/role design.
• Develop and execute vulnerability management processes, including scanning, remediation planning, and reporting.
• Support or lead incident response activities, including triage, containment, investigation, documentation, and breach notification coordination.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
• Conduct ongoing risk assessments, threat/vulnerability analyses, and control evaluations aligned with healthcare regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, HITECH) and industry frameworks.
• Develop, maintain, and implement security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Support audit readiness and audit response activities.
• Lead or contribute to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning, testing, and program management.
Program Leadership & Continuous Improvement
• Design and oversee security program components such as monitoring, logging, SIEM use cases, DLP, identity governance, and access review processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across security operations, compliance workflows, and client service delivery.
• Deliver or coordinate security awareness training and promote a culture of security across Medisys Health Network.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure alignment between security strategy, operational execution, and requirements.
Qualifications
• 7 years of experience in Information Security, with a blend of engineering, consulting, and program leadership responsibilities.
• Team player with strong collaboration skills, a positive attitude, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts to business stakeholders, department heads, operating as a service provider to deliver value.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulatory requirements and security frameworks (HIPAA, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, SOC 2, etc.).
• Handson experience with IAM, Azure security, AD hardening, endpoint security, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Experience with Epic Security.
• Industrystandard certifications strongly preferred: CISSP, CISM, HCISPP, Security , CEH, or equivalent.