Job Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for complex build and configuration, documentation, and maintenance of somel of the organization’s information security architecture.

Job Responsibilities:

Responsible for complex configuration, documentation, and maintenance of somel of the organization’s information security architecture.
Leads in designing, building, operating and automating key information security solutions and processes to protect the integrity of the organization's digital network, systems, applications and data.
Consults with internal development teams to identify threats, advise on defensive coding strategies and remediate vulnerabilities in software. Meets and evangelizes with internal business partners and customers to develop information security requirements and conduct risk assessments.
Provides technical leadership on security projects to solve challenging security problems.
Participates in security risk analyses and reviews of third-party software, service providers and contracts.
Stays current on evolving security and legislative / regulatory changes related to security.
Proactively assesses potential items of risk and opportunities of vulnerabilities in the network and systems.
Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools. Has advanced in-depth knowledge of advanced security protocols and standards, vulnerability assessment tools, packet analyzers and security management suites, penetration testing tools and countermeasures and mitigation techniques applied to web applications.
Ensures that threats and vulnerabilities to the organization’s business systems and applications (both in-house and cloud-based) are minimized.
Installs & configures firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, and vulnerability scanning systems.
Manages encryption protocols to protect the organization's data as well as management of authentication and access controls.
Evaluates information security configurations when intrusions have occurred and monitors the effectiveness of implemented changes.
Monitors overall compliance with security standards and conducts periodic security audits using techniques such as ethical hacking and penetration testing.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

External Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of experience in IT Security OR High School/GED and at least 7 years of experience in IT Security
At least 2 years of experience working with security protocols and standards, vulnerability assessment tools, packet analyzers, scripting languages and security management suites, penetration testing tools and countermeasures and mitigation techniques applied to web applications.
Experience with security engineering, identity engineering security applications engineering and/or security infrastructure engineering
Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
Experience with modern scripting languages and applicable application protocols and APIs.
At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or crossfunctional team leadership.
Willing to travel up to/at least 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or Mathematics
Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
CISSP or CISA Certification

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.