Lead Cybersecurity Architect

McKesson Corporation

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Work type: On-site
Location: Richmond, VA
Salary: $122,000–$203,400 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 15 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation is a premier American healthcare services company that distributes pharmaceuticals, medical-surgical supplies, and provides technology to the healthcare industry.

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TL;DR · Lead Cybersecurity Architect

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The Lead Cybersecurity Architect joins the MMS team to establish and evolve security architecture, patterns, and guardrails. This role involves partnering with the Chief Information Security Officer and technology leadership to drive consistent security outcomes across the enterprise. You will own security reference patterns for cloud, network, identity, endpoint, application, and data protection, ensuring designs are secure-by-design. Key responsibilities include leading architecture reviews, translating regulatory obligations into engineering requirements, and embedding security via DevSecOps practices like infrastructure-as-code and secrets management. You will utilize skills in IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, and SIEM/EDR/SOAR platforms. The role solves the challenge of protecting sensitive PII/PHI data within a complex healthcare distribution environment by defining target-state roadmaps and mentoring engineers to improve risk reduction and control effectiveness.

Skills

IAM PAM DevSecOps CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code Policy-as-Code Python Bash PowerShell Kubernetes SIEM EDR XDR SOAR Zero Trust NIST ISO 27001 HITRUST HIPAA PCI DSS GDPR SOC 2 Windows Linux Microservices Serverless Encryption Secrets Management Vulnerability Management Network Segmentation

What you'll do

Own and evolve security architecture reference patterns and guardrails across cloud, network, identity, and data protection domains.
Lead architecture reviews for new platforms, major applications, and third-party integrations to ensure secure-by-design principles.
Translate security policies and regulatory obligations into practical engineering requirements, reusable design standards, and implementation guidance.
Define target-state security architecture roadmaps and drive organizational alignment with technology and business stakeholders.
Embed security into the DevSecOps pipeline by advising on CI/CD controls, infrastructure-as-code, and secrets management.
Establish and monitor measurable security architecture outcomes to guide continuous improvement in risk reduction and control effectiveness.
Mentor and coach architects and engineers while performing critical peer reviews of deliverables to ensure high-quality standards.
Design and maintain cloud security patterns for IAM, network segmentation, encryption, and vulnerability management.

What we're looking for

8-12+ years of experience in cybersecurity with at least 5+ years specifically in security architecture.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security/assurance, MIS, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
CISSP certification is required.
CISM, GIAC/SANS, or relevant cloud security certifications (preferred).
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Associate Cloud Engineer, or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certifications (preferred).
Deep expertise in IAM, network security, encryption, application security, and vulnerability management across cloud and hybrid environments.
Hands-on ability to automate security through scripting and infrastructure-as-code using Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Working knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, HITRUST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, and GDPR.

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