Description

As a leading provider of annuities, MassMutual Ascend is committed to taking financial futures above and beyond. This means offering innovative products that fit our customers’ unique needs – whether it’s protecting their hard-earned savings, receiving guaranteed income or providing for loved ones. MassMutual Ascend is proud to offer customers a level of strength and stability they can count on for years to come.

The Opportunity

As a Security Architect, you will have an impact on the entire organization by ensuring that our end to end stack is secure. You will be developing, designing, and implementing security solutions. You will be working with other members of the infrastructure, application, and architecture teams to develop security solutions to support MassMutual Ascend's operations.

Job Responsibilities

As a Security Architect, you will have the responsibility of analyzing and translating business, information, and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions to achieve business objectives. You will accomplish this through the below tasks:

Develops enterprise level solutions that integrate across applications, systems, and platforms.
Provides expertise and standards to produce an optimal, high level, conceptual design for projects.
Defines solutions architecture standards, policies, and procedures for the organization.
Ensures adherence to company architectural guidelines, principles, and standards in all project milestones and deliverables.
Identifies, analyzes, and resolves problems relating to systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms.
Assists project teams in requirements gathering and reviews. Facilitates information gathering sessions and provides solutions analysis services.
Researches, evaluates, and recommends new technologies and techniques and solutions to solve business problems.
Works with various customers and prospects, understands and translates business use cases and/or requirements into solutions across multiple platforms.
Exhibits specialized business knowledge and leverages strong customer relationships.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

At least 4 years of experience in a security role or another IT role with a significant security focus
At least 4 years of additional experience in software development, IT infrastructure, or a blended DevOps role
Experience assessing and explaining security risks
Familiarity with OWASP top 10
Familiarity with the Agile methodology
Demonstrated success in assessing and articulating requirements for process and system improvements, understanding of IT infrastructure and operations management
Demonstrated effective relationship management and collaboration skills
Analytical and innovative mindset, result and service oriented, eagerness to tackle challenges and adjust to changes

Ideal Qualifications

Experience designing and/or managing security for cloud infrastructure and applications
Experience working with developers to improve application security
Working knowledge of C#
Knowledge of network communication protocols
Security-related certifications, such as (ISC)2 or GIAC certifications
Possess a hacker mindset

What To Expect

Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
Ongoing opportunities for development and learning
Working in a fast-paced environment with available flexible work schedules
A place to grow your career in a culture that inspires, rewards and develops employees
Small company feel with a focus on meeting customer’s needs today and also well into the future

Why Join Us.

At MassMutual Ascend, our collaborative culture is key to our success. It’s the reason we’re a leading provider of annuities today, and it’s the reason we’ll continue rising to the top tomorrow. A career at MassMutual Ascend means you’ll contribute to our mission of taking financial futures above and beyond – and you’ll be inspired to reach your own goals, too. As a wholly owned subsidiary of MassMutual, MassMutual Ascend continues to be an employer of choice in the Cincinnati, Ohio community.

MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

At MassMutual Ascend we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our Total Rewards at a Glance..

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