Lead Enterprise Security Architect

ModMed

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At ModMed, we’re not just building software—we’re reimagining the healthcare experience. Founded in 2010 by a practicing physician and a successful tech entrepreneur, we took a radically different approach: we hired doctors and taught them how to code. This "for doctors, by doctors" philosophy has allowed us to create an AI-enabled, specialty-specific cloud platform that places patients at the center of care. When you join ModMed, you’re joining an award-winning team recognized for innovation and employee satisfaction. From our global headquarters in Boca Raton Florida, and extensive employee base in Hyderabad India, we are a team of 4,500+ passionate problem-solvers on a mission to increase medical practice success and improve patient outcomes: The Lead Enterprise Security Architect is responsible for setting technical direction, ensuring consistency, and driving outcomes for ModMed’s enterprise security architecture program. Acting as the senior-most individual contributor within the Security Architecture team, this role provides architectural leadership, decision alignment, and escalation support while partnering closely with engineering, cloud, and product leadership to ensure secure-by-design AWS solutions that meet PCI and HIPAA requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology or equivalent education and experience
Minimum of 7 years of experience in information security or related fields. At least 3 years of experience in a role focused on security architecture and design
Proven experience with cloud security architecture
Demonstrated experience leading or setting direction for security architecture across multiple teams or platforms
Experience acting as an escalation point or decision authority for complex security design issues
Expertise in cloud security, particularly AWS security services and best-practices
Proficiency in security architecture methodologies and tools
Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST CSF, HITRUST)

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
AWS Certified Security
CISSP Certification
Proven experience in healthcare
Proven experience in data security

Responsibilities

Owns overall coherence and direction and is the final arbiter for architectural alignment within the program
Collaborate with other Security Architects to design, maintain, and jointly define and curate security design patterns, reference architectures, and guardrails for bespoke AWS workloads
Ensure consistency in how security architecture guidance is applied across teams, products, and platforms
Provide final guidance and resolution when architecture reviews surface conflicting priorities or risk trade-offs
Ensure review outcomes align with established enterprise standards
Participate in and collectively operate security focused architecture review processes embedded within engineering design workflows
Distribute review ownership across the team to scale coverage while avoiding bottlenecks
Translate PCI and HIPAA requirements into shared and reusable architectural patterns
Ensure regulatory controls are addressed architecturally rather than through one off compensating controls
Serve as the recognized security architecture authority across the organization and set expectations for how security architecture guidance is delivered and consumed
Coach, mentor and develop Enterprise Security Architects through formal and informal leadership
Identify systemic architecture gaps and work as a team to prioritize and address them
Measure effectiveness of the security architecture program including adoption and reduction in security findings
Iterate on patterns and standards based on feedback from engineering teams and audit outcomes

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, including a company Health Savings Account contribution
401(k): ModMed provides a matching contribution each payday of 50% of your contribution deferred on up to 6% of your compensation. After one year of employment with ModMed, 100% of any matching contribution you receive is yours to keep.
Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave programs
Company paid Life and Disability benefits
Flexible Spending Account, and Employee Assistance Programs
Company-sponsored Business Resource & Special Interest Groups that provide engaged and supportive communities within ModMed
Professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement programs and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
Global presence and in-person collaboration opportunities; dog-friendly HQ (US)
Hybrid office-based roles and remote availability for some roles
Weekly catered breakfast and lunch, treadmill workstations, Zen, and wellness rooms within our BRIC headquarters.