Lead Security Engineer

About Providence

Providence, one of the US’s largest not-for-profit healthcare systems, is committed to high quality, compassionate healthcare for all. Driven by the belief that health is a human right and the vision, ‘Health for a better world’, Providence and its 121,000 caregivers strive to provide everyone access to affordable quality care and services.

Providence has a network of 51 hospitals, 1,000+ care clinics, senior services, supportive housing, and other health and educational services in the US.

Providence India is bringing to fruition the transformational shift of the healthcare ecosystem to Health 2.0. The India center will have focused efforts around healthcare technology and innovation, and play a vital role in driving digital transformation of health systems for improved patient outcomes and experiences, caregiver efficiency, and running the business of Providence at scale.


Why Us?

  • Best In-class Benefits
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Reimagining Healthcare
  • Competitive Pay
  • Supportive Reporting Relation

Cybersecurity at Providence is responsible for appropriately protecting all information relating to its caregivers and affiliates, as well as protecting its confidential business information (including information relating to its caregivers, affiliates, and patients)

What will you be responsible for?

  • Design, implement, and optimize enterprise firewall, WAF, and network security platforms.
  • Lead upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of firewalls, proxies, and IDS/IPS systems.
  • Architect and enforce security policies across hybrid and cloud-connected networks.
  • Collaborate with vendors on escalations, bug fixes, and advanced feature enablement.
  • Drive automation for rule deployments, configuration validation, and compliance enforcement.
  • Identify security gaps and propose strategic improvements to strengthen resilience.

What would your work week look like?

  • Work with Infrastructure teams to implement secure designs and validate deployments.
  • Conduct proof-of-concept evaluations of new technologies and recommend adoption.
  • Partner with architects and engineering peers to align security design with enterprise architecture.
  • Document reference architectures, standards, and security baselines for tolls like firewalls, WAF, Web Proxy etc.
  • Stay informed on new technologies (Zero Trust, SASE, TLS modernization) and integrate them into roadmaps.

Who are we looking for?

  • Strong technical expertise in firewalls, WAF, VPN, IDS/IPS.

 

  • Hands-on knowledge of network security design for hybrid/multi-cloud.

 

  • Familiarity with multiple network security platforms.

 

  • Strong collaboration skills with Infrastructure and Cloud teams.

 

  • Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCNP Security, PCNSE) preferred.

Providence’s vision to create ‘Health for a Better World’ aids us to provide a fair and equitable workplace for all in our employment, whether temporary, part-time or full time, and to promote individuality and diversity of thought and background, and acknowledge its role in the organization’s success. This makes us committed towards equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion or belief, color, ancestry, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, pregnancy, or related needs, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, or any other category protected by applicable law. In furtherance to our mission in building a more inclusive and equitable environment, we shall, from time to time, undertake programs to assist, uplift and empower underrepresented groups including but not limited to Women, PWD (Persons with Disabilities), LGTBQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual or Queer), Veterans and others. We strive to address all forms of discrimination or harassment and provide a safe and confidential process to report any misconduct.

Contact our Integrity hotline also, read our Code of Conduct.