Director Cyber Trust & Architecture

U.S. Citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.

Our Director, Cyber Trust & Architecture provides enterprise leadership for cybersecurity architecture, identity strategy, Zero Trust, and secure-by-design practices across WPS, reporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer. This Director establishes the future-state security architecture and control patterns needed to protect enterprise systems, applications, identities, data, cloud platforms, and networks, and advances WPS’s IAM strategy, cloud and AI security architecture, and Zero Trust adoption. They work across many teams including: Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, Risk & Assurance, Business specific, they ensure cybersecurity architecture supports both business enablement and the organization’s regulatory and resilience requirements.

Salary Range: $185,000 ~ $225,000
The base pay offered for this position may vary within the posted range based on your job-related knowledge, skills, experience and may fall outside of this range.
Work Location
Our first consideration will be to have this employee be able to take advantage of Hybrid work and collaboration, living within the state of Wisconsin. Employees within 45 miles of WPS Headquarters (1717 W. Broadway in Madison, WI, 53713) will be expected to be able to work in office 3 days a week on a regular basis.

How do I know this opportunity is right for me? If you:

• Can define and maintain WPS’s enterprise cybersecurity architecture strategy and target-state architecture, providing authoritative guidance for strategic cybersecurity technology initiatives and modernization efforts.
• Enjoy establishing architecture strategies and standards, with decisions carrying enterprise-wide and multi-year impact; report progress and material risks to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
• Have led the enterprise Identity and Access Management strategy and future-state architecture, driving maturity in least privilege, privileged access, role-based access control, and identity governance across the organization.
• Want to establish and operate cybersecurity architecture governance and secure-by-design review processes, ensuring security requirements are incorporated into solution design before implementation.
• Would thrive setting cybersecurity architecture principles and standards for cloud, network, data, and emerging technologies, including AI/ML, partnering with technology teams to build scalable security patterns rather than one-off solutions.
• Can lead development and phased implementation of WPS’s Zero Trust architecture and maturity roadmap across identity, devices, applications, and networks.
• Have built, led, and developed a high-performing Cyber Trust & Architecture team, establishing clear responsibilities, career paths, and succession plans.
• Would like to serve as senior cybersecurity architecture advisor to technology and business leaders, influencing decisions that span organizational boundaries and translating risk into sustainable architectural solutions.
• Enjoy maintaining a multi-year cybersecurity architecture capability roadmap and communicate significant architectural risks, dependencies, and investment needs to cybersecurity and technology leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• US. Citizenship is required for this position due to Department of Defense restrictions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 10 or more years of progressive cybersecurity, information security, or related technology experience, including demonstrated experience establishing enterprise cybersecurity strategies, architecture standards, and technical roadmaps.
• 5 years of management / people leadership experience.
• Strong technical depth across identity, cloud, network, application, and data security architecture domains, sufficient to challenge assumptions and guide complex design decisions.
• Demonstrated experience developing or governing enterprise IAM capabilities, including authentication, authorization, identity governance, privileged access, RBAC, and MFA.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical control gaps into clear business‑risk implications and prioritized remediation strategies, paired with strong executive‑level communication, presentation, and stakeholder‑leadership skills.
• Ability to design security architecture across complex hybrid environments spanning on-premises, cloud platforms, SaaS, applications, and data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, insurance, government contracting, Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), Tricare, highly regulated, or federally controlled environments.
• Experience supporting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Section 912, CMMC, NIST 800-53/171, or other regulated audit and assurance environments.
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGRC, HCISPP, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, or similar.

Remote Work Requirements

• High speed cable or fiber
• Minimum of 10 Mbps downstream and at least 1 Mbps upstream internet connection (can be checked at ).
• Remote and hybrid work options available
• Performance bonus and/or merit increase opportunities
• 401(k) with a 100% match for the first 3% of your salary and a 50% match for the next 2% of your salary (100% vested immediately)
• Competitive paid time off
• Health insurance, dental insurance, and telehealth services start DAY 1
• Professional and Leadership Development Programs

WPS, a health solutions company, is a leading not-for-profit health insurer and federal government contractor headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. WPS offers health insurance plans for individuals, families, seniors and group health plans for small to large businesses. We process claims and provide customer support for beneficiaries of the Medicare program and manage benefits for millions of active-duty and retired military personnel across the U.S. and abroad. WPS has been making healthcare easier for the people we serve for nearly 80 years . Proud to be military and veteran ready.

Culture Drives Our Success

WPS’ culture is where the great work and innovations of our people are seen, fueled and rewarded. We accomplish this by creating an open and empowering employee experience. We recognize the benefits of employee engagement as an investment in our workforce—both current and future—to effectively seek, leverage, and include differing and unique perspectives that fuel agility and innovation on high-performing teams. This results in people bringing their authentic selves to work every day in an organization that successfully adapts to business changes and new opportunities.

This position may from time to time provide support to federal health care programs and other governmental or regulated industries. In accordance with law and/or contractual requirements, individuals in this role are or may be subject to all applicable federal regulations, agency contract requirements, and WPS internal policies, including but not limited to standards for data security, privacy, confidentiality, and program integrity. WPS and its personnel are subject to mandatory enhanced screening and background investigation prior to being granted access to information systems and/or sensitive data in order to safeguard regulated information and government resources that provide critical services.

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