CNO Financial Group, Inc.

Define and implement enterprise security strategies and architectures, lead security efforts for technology implementations and mergers, and ensure regulatory compliance. | Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 12+ years IT experience including 5+ years in security architecture, expertise in cybersecurity domains and security frameworks like FedRAMP or DoD STIG. | Job Details CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) is a leading insurance and financial services company focused on securing the future of middle‑income America. Through brands such as Bankers Life, Colonial Penn and Washington National, CNO delivers life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits to more than 3.3 million policyholders, supported by $38.3 billion in total assets. With a strong financial foundation, national presence, and a culture rooted in integrity, excellence, and people‑first values, CNO offers meaningful opportunities for professional growth and impact across its U.S. locations, including its headquarters in Carmel, Indiana. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. CNO Financial Group’s IT Team is hiring a Principal IT Security Architect who will play a key role in shaping CNO’s enterprise security strategy, architecture, standards, and approach to securing both existing and emerging technologies. This role is responsible for defining security requirements; designing, implementing, and evaluating security solutions; conducting internal and third‑party security assessments; and developing security policies, standards, and procedures. Working closely with IT leaders, Enterprise Architects, and other Principal Architects, this position applies deep technical expertise and industry knowledge to design enterprise‑level security architectures. The role will lead security architecture efforts across all cybersecurity domains for new technology implementations, major system changes, and mergers and acquisitions, and will drive updates to architecture, standards, and policies in response to regulatory or business change. This position requires broad and deep information technology experience, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to influence across the organization. Core responsibilities and deliverables: Defining complex security architectures that are necessary to integrate new entities when a merger or acquisition is complete, including leading various levels of technology resource through the decision-making process. Communicating complex technical and security concepts in clear, business‑focused language to audiences ranging from technical teams to senior and executive leadership. Analyzing and understanding the impact of regulation changes on security architecture, standards and policies, including making and communicating updates as needed. Providing guidance and coaching to cybersecurity lead and senior architects and engineers, and providing overall technical expertise to the cybersecurity department and business stakeholders. Researching, modeling, and tracking secure system standards, industry trends, market technology, potential threats, tactics, and procedures for ecosystem applicability and reference. Developing formal management reporting dashboards aligned to widely accepted standards, including appropriate metrics that inform senior leadership as to the state of information security risk and exposure. Effectively communicating risk and mitigation activities to all levels of the organization during incident or risk treatment actions, to inform critical decision-making and deliver risk reductions. Identifying, quantifying, and documenting requirements to address security risks as they relate to IT and enterprise projects. Recognizing and identifying potential areas where existing security policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion. Performing third-party security risk assessments, especially for cloud service providers and responding to third-party requests for information on CNO’s information security program/policies. Ensuring that the organization is leveraging the proper technologies to meet SOX, PCI, and HIPAA/HITECH compliance requirements. Serving as a subject matter expert for the incident lead during Incident Response activities. Leading matrix working groups during Incident Response activities. Supporting legal and Internal Audit activities and information gathering when needed, and effectively communicating complex security topics to these teams. Assessing, advising, and supporting AI security initiatives by applying AI governance frameworks, evaluating security posture, identifying adoption risks, and mitigating exploitation threats. What you’ll need (Minimum requirements): Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field of study, or equivalent experience. 12 years of progressive IT experience with 5+ years’ experience as a security architect or related role. Demonstrated enterprise‑level expertise across core cybersecurity domains, including identity and access management, privileged access management, security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, infrastructure and application security, and business/technology resiliency. Experience implementing and ensuring compliance with DoD STIG, Critical Infrastructure Protection, FedRAMP or other security requirement frameworks or guides. A strong ability to apply business and technical knowledge to solving technology and security challenges, including security incident response activities. What will set you apart (Preferred experience): Masters Degree in Information Technology or a related field of study. Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate complex technology concepts, risks and incident occurrences to all levels of an organization, including IT leadership, Third Party Partners, and business partners. CISSP or other relevant security certifications (CCSP, CISM, SSCP, etc.) Strong experience across complex enterprise technology environments including operating systems, networking, storage, identity providers, data center infrastructure, cloud service provider architecture, and mainstream platforms (e.g., Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, etc.) CNO Financial Group offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance Performance-based bonus or sales incentive 401(k) retirement plan with company match Short-term & long-term disability insurance Paid time off and 10 corporate holidays Paid parental leave Company-paid life insurance Mental & Financial Well-Being resources Click on this link for additional information. CNO supports a flexible work environment and encourages Associates to work where they are most productive. This position may work fully remote from any EST or CST US-based location. All work must be performed within the United States, and occasional travel to corporate offices may be required. Associates living within 60 miles of a corporate office (Carmel, IN or Chicago, IL) have access to work from that location as needed. The stated pay range is based on a national-average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills and location. This position is also eligible for CNO’s performance-based annual bonus program. #LI_CD1 Compensation Pay Range: $157,800.00 - $236,800.00 Annual We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of identity security technologies focusing on CyberArk and provide high-tier operational support. | Bachelor's degree with 5+ years cybersecurity experience including CyberArk or similar PAM products, preferred SailPoint, Ping, and CISSP. | Job Details CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) is a leading insurance and financial services company focused on securing the future of middle‑income America. Through brands such as Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise, and Washington National, CNO delivers life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits to more than 3.3 million policyholders, supported by $38.3 billion in total assets. With a strong financial foundation, national presence, and a culture rooted in integrity, excellence, and people‑first values, CNO offers meaningful opportunities for professional growth and impact across its U.S. locations, including its headquarters in Carmel, Indiana. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. CNO Financial Group’s IT Team is hiring a Sr. IT Identity Security Engineer to serve as the senior Identity and Access Management (IAM) Identity Automation (IA) security expert and communicate security-related concepts to technical and non-technical team members as it relates to automated Identity provisioning and governance. The Sr. IT Identity Security Engineer will also lead the design and implementation of IAM IA security tools and technologies for the company. This role monitors and controls performance and status of all security systems related to the IA program. Core responsibilities and deliverables: Planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining identity security-related technologies primarily using CyberArk. Participating in projects as required; analyzing, designing, developing, and implementing security solutions which protect the information assets while enabling business functionality. Utilizing security software and hardware tools to identify and diagnoses problems affecting identity information security tools and systems providing 2nd and 3rd tier operational support. Providing identity information security expertise and consulting internal IT, business system owners, and other stakeholders. Performing product and solution life cycle management ensuring capacity, integrity and availability of all security systems. Aligning technologies to support overall strategy and information security framework specifically related to the identity automation program. Ensuring new and existing identity products conform to information security policies, standards, and best practices. Conducting research on emerging technologies in support of enterprise operations. Reviewing new and existing system designs for compliance with security standards and best practices. What you’ll need (Minimum requirements): Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Business or related field, or equivalent experience. Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in cybersecurity or related technical discipline (infrastructure, etc.) Prior experience with CyberArk or similar PAM products. Strong knowledge in Identity products and Privileged Access solutions. What will set you apart (Preferred experience): Prior experience with SailPoint and/or Ping. Applicable security or CISSP certifications preferred. A passion for staying up to date on emerging technologies and industry trends. Prior experience in highly regulated organizations. A strong understanding of information security technologies (e.g., virus detection, firewall, content filtering, VPNs, IDS/IPS). Prior experience implementing access alerting, monitoring and dashboard integration preferably with Splunk or similar SEIM products. CNO Financial Group offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance Performance-based bonus or sales incentive 401(k) retirement plan with company match Short-term & long-term disability insurance Paid time off and 10 corporate holidays Paid parental leave Company-paid life insurance Mental & Financial Well-Being resources Click on this link for additional information. CNO supports a flexible work environment and encourages Associates to work where they are most productive. This position may work fully remote from any EST or CST US-based location. All work must be performed within the United States, and occasional travel to corporate offices may be required. Associates living within 60 miles of a corporate office (Carmel, IN; Chicago, IL; or Orlando, FL) have access to work from that location as needed. The stated pay range is based on a national-average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills and location. This position is also eligible for CNO’s performance-based annual bonus program. Compensation Pay Range: $107,800.00 - $161,800.00 Annual We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences. By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in our comprehensive benefits and well-being programs that help you and your family improve your well-being and live your best life. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.