Manager,NetworkSecurityEngineering

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. **Position Purpose:** Oversees network security engineers, as well as monitoring and confirming the performance of the network security systems. The role will ensure appropriate levels of network security controls are managed within the organization. This will involve working alongside other internal teams and external vendors, to ensure best practice and ongoing compliance. This individual will be responsible for guiding and coaching the network security team to evolve and support the network platform and infrastructure. * Lead and grow an Innovation, Research & Advanced Development (IRAD) organization focused on the future of network and endpoint security at Centene. * Drive forward‑looking research while ensuring delivery of production‑ready, automation‑first solutions. * Bring a strong DevOps mindset with hands‑on experience in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and automated deployment models. * Consistently favor automation over manual processes to reduce risk and improve scale and reliability. * Expect solutions to be repeatable, testable, observable, and suitable for real production environments. * Leverage AI heavily to accelerate research, design, development, testing, monitoring, and documentation. * Encourage AI‑augmented engineering practices so teams focus on intent, validation, and guardrails rather than repetitive manual coding. * Balance rapid innovation with disciplined production deployment through CI/CD and formal release processes. * Enforce clear Definitions of Done, automated testing, regression validation, and production monitoring. * Ensure teams deliver complete, installable production packages including code, automation, and documentation. * Pro