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Department Name:
IT Network Services
Work Shift:
Day
Job Category:
Information Technology
Banner Health was named to Fortune’s Most Innovative Companies in America 2025 list for the third consecutive year and named to Newsweek's list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America for the second year in a row. We’re proud to be recognized for our commitment to the latest health care advancements and excellent patient care.
As Banner continues to leverage technology to deliver the highest quality of possible care, Cybersecurity is a top priority. Firewalls Services is responsible for planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks as well as troubleshooting security and network platforms. This position ensures that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected from insider and outsider threats by enabling the appropriate security controls while responding to all system and/or network security breaches.
As a Cybersecurity Engineer III, you will be on the front lines and help investigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents, escalate cybersecurity incidents as defined by procedure, and help liaise closely with other teams to ensure the correct response and remediation of cybersecurity incidents. Also in the CSE III role, you will be an innovator and SME within design and architecture as well as helping see major Cyber Security projects through to completion within the Banner team. The location for this role can be local to Arizona or remote and will include on-call duties. The typical schedule for this role is Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM AZ time. This can be a remote position if you live in the following states ONLY: AL, AK, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, AZ, CA, CO, NE, NV, WY. No other states will be considered.
Your pay and benefits (Total Rewards) are important components of your Journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options, so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.
Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs, or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award-winning patient care.
Position Summary
This position leads the designs, develops, configures, implements, tunes, maintains solutions, resolves technical and business issues related to cybersecurity threat & vulnerability management, identity management, security operations center, forensics, and data protection. Cybersecurity Engineers work with Cybersecurity Architects to execute strategic cyber initiatives, evaluate security components of the network, applications, and end-user devices, and provide guidance to ensure new systems meet regulatory and technical standards. Cybersecurity Engineers lead root-cause analysis on Cyber systems to determine improvement opportunities when failures occur. Cybersecurity Engineers work closely with other IT organizations to ensure cyber products are working and integrating with non-cyber environments (apps, networks, End User devices, Servers, etc).
CORE FUNCTIONS
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Proactively initiates the design and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, upgrades, enhancements, while looking forward three to five years.
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Leads in providing technical expertise and support for cybersecurity solutions, including operational aspects of the software.
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Serves as subject matter expert in the design, implementation, and compliance of secure baseline configurations for applications and infrastructure components.
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Proactively initiates technical assessments of systems and applications to ensure compliance with policy, standards, and regulations.
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Authors new cybersecurity standards and procedures. Leads the revision of existing cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures, as needed.
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Serves as technical leader for cybersecurity projects, including the development of project scope requirements, budgeting, work breakdown, and operational handoff.
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Identify threats and develop suitable defense measures, evaluate system changes for security implications, and recommend enhancements, research, and draft cybersecurity white papers, and provide first-class support to the cybersecurity operations staff for resolving difficult cybersecurity issues.
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Under limited direction, self-starter, this position is responsible for cybersecurity across multiple departments system-wide and requires interaction at all levels of staff and management. Work closely on cross-functional IT Teams. Leads work through indirect leadership across other cyber resources. Articulate complex Security functions into simple business ease.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must possess strong knowledge of business, information security, and/or computer science as normally obtained through the completion of a bachelor's degree. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent.
Experience normally obtained through seven plus years of experience of enterprise-scale information security engineering, preferably in healthcare. Must also possess three plus years’ experience in a healthcare environment or an equivalent combination of relevant education, technical, business, and healthcare experience.
Experience with IT operations, automation of security processes, coding and scripting languages, ability to document security processes as well as use case development. Experience with assessing cyber products, including vendor selection, defining requirements, and contractual documentation development. Experienced assessing and reaching out to vendors for needed features via enhancement requests. Expert understanding of regulatory and compliance mandates, including but not limited to HIPAA, HITECH, PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley. Experienced in planning, designing, and implementing cybersecurity solutions, operating, maintaining, and managing the lifecycle of cybersecurity solutions. Advanced knowledge of Security Engineering Principles, including risk management, resilience, vulnerability management, Information Security, NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, etc. Advanced expertise in Cyber products supporting Data Loss Prevention, EDR, AntiVirus, Perimeter services, threat systems, cyber platform analytics, SIEM, CASB, CLOUD Security, etc. Proven Cloud Security experience. Requires independent judgment, critical decision making, excellent analytical skills, with excellent verbal and written communications. Ability to think quickly under difficult or complex conditions and clearly communicate to appropriate staff; ability to balance project workloads with customer support and on-call demands. Must demonstrate deep knowledge of information technology and information security principles and practices. Requires communication and presentation skills to engage technical and non-technical audiences. Requires ability to communicate and interact across facilities and at various levels. Incumbent will have skills to mentor less experienced team members. As is typical in this industry, variable shifts and hours and responding to after-hours notifications may be required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Certification in two or more of the following areas: Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP), HealthCare Information Security & Privacy Practitioner (HCISPP), CompTIA Security+, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – Engineering (ISSEP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), SANS GIAC, or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Four plus years as a System Administrator or in IT Operations. Or four plus years in risk management or GRC experience in the healthcare/medical environment. Five plus years’ experience in a healthcare environment or an equivalent combination of relevant education, technical, business, and healthcare experience.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
Estimated Pay Range:
$50.12 - $83.54 / hour
Banner Health is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay Banner Health in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. This range is based on possible base salaries and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location, along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure pay equity is achieved and maintained.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
EB-2 requires a U.S. master's degree or foreign equivalent in computer science, information security, or a related field. If your degree is a three-year bachelor's, get a credential evaluation confirming U.S. equivalency before applying, as USCIS scrutinizes this for advanced-degree petitions.
Target employers with cleared PERM histories
Federal contractors and regulated financial institutions file PERM applications frequently for principal-level cybersecurity roles. Search DOL's OFLC disclosure data by SOC code 15-1212 to identify employers who have sponsored this exact title in the past three years.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
PERM requires your offered salary to meet DOL prevailing wage at Level III or IV for a principal-level role. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm your metro area's wage before you negotiate, so the employer's LCA reflects a defensible figure.
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Filter by Principal Cybersecurity Engineer roles with active EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship history on Migrate Mate. This cuts research time significantly and surfaces employers whose PERM filings confirm they're willing to sponsor foreign professionals at this seniority level.
Negotiate PERM filing timing into your offer
Employers sometimes delay PERM initiation by 12 to 18 months after your start date. Ask in writing when the company plans to begin labor certification, and confirm whether the role is covered by a blanket PERM strategy or requires individual filing.
Prepare for the PERM recruitment documentation requirement
Your employer must run a compliant recruitment campaign showing no qualified U.S. worker applied. For a principal cybersecurity role, this typically includes job postings, mandatory DOL-required ads, and sometimes campus recruitment. Gaps in that record are a common audit trigger.
Green Card Principal Cybersecurity Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Both categories can apply. EB-2 is available if the position requires a master's degree or its equivalent in information security, computer science, or a related field. EB-3 covers roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree. Employers file under whichever category matches the job's minimum educational requirements, not the candidate's highest degree.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa is temporary, subject to an annual lottery, and requires renewal every three years. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual numerical cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities, and the I-140 approval locks in your priority date permanently. For candidates from India or China, EB-2 and EB-3 backlogs can be lengthy, but the path leads to permanent residency rather than an indefinitely renewable temporary status.
Which industries sponsor Principal Cybersecurity Engineers most often?
Federal contractors, defense primes, financial services firms, and large cloud infrastructure companies are the most consistent sponsors. These sectors face regulatory mandates around data protection and security clearance requirements that make retaining specialized foreign professionals a business necessity, which gives green card sponsorship a clearer internal justification for hiring managers.
How do I find employers actively sponsoring green cards for this role?
Migrate Mate aggregates employer-level PERM and I-140 filing data so you can search specifically for Principal Cybersecurity Engineer roles with documented green card sponsorship history. This is more reliable than filtering general job boards by visa status, where employer disclosures are inconsistent or absent.
What slows down PERM approval for a senior cybersecurity role?
Audit risk increases when job requirements are highly specific, such as a particular security clearance level, a named certification like CISSP or CISM, or experience with a proprietary platform. DOL may question whether requirements are genuinely tied to the job or designed to exclude U.S. applicants. Your employer's immigration counsel should document business necessity for each requirement before the labor certification is filed.