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UnitedHealth Group Information Security Engineer - National Remote in United States
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
As part of Enterprise Information Security Tool Engineering, the Security Engineer XDR Platform Security Traditional is responsible for executing and supporting Extended Detection and Response platforms across the enterprise. Partnering with key stakeholders in Cyber Defense Operations to ensure their use cases are met while ensuring the platform health and readiness are aligned with best practices.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
Participate in engineering design and operational escalation needs, such as but not limited to the following infrastructures: Host-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (HIDS/HIPS), End Point Detection and Response (EDR), Host-based Firewalls, Advanced Threat Protection and Malware protections, Managed Security Service partner platforms / Software as a Service (SaaS)
Technical Design and Documentation- Experience drafting technical engineering designs for security services and infrastructure. Provide high quality documentation to hand off responsibility towards security’s operational support groups
Responsible for responding to and investigate escalated security events, such as but not limited to the following security disciplines: Internal Customer facing security products like host-based firewalls, host-based Intrusion Prevention, end point detection and response, Anti-virus, and other products under development
Project work - identify trends based on operations escalations, metrics and develop requirements for scale of our protection products. Responsible for Engineering acceptance of new infrastructure and processes, process development, process refinement, and providing operational guidance
Leads efforts to ensure adequate security processes and solutions to mitigate or remediate identified risks sufficiently to meet business objectives, contractual and/or regulatory requirements
Ensures proper security logs are generated and sent to the organization’s Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system
Leverage automation and orchestration solutions to automate repetitive tasks
Broker a collaborative security culture to the larger Optum community
Solves ambiguous, complex problems with sustainable solutions that will work with a diverse set of customers across multiple cloud service providers
Collaborates with director, managers, project managers, architects, and other technical leads to ensure continuity and communication across teams
Other Responsibilities:
Mentors and coaches cyber security individuals to provide guidance and expertise, promoting continued integration of technological advances to further enhance security
Create best practices that enable customers remediation of vulnerabilities and device hardening to meet industry baseline standards
Research, investigate, and test new capabilities to help solve customer problems in the on prem solution and cloud
Build and expand effective relationships with constituent stakeholders – affiliates, audit and compliance, application and platform teams, and the larger EIS
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
2+ years of experience in information security engineering
1+ years of experience drafting detailed technical documentation including security and network diagram
1+ years of experience in network, compute, database, and middleware technologies as it applies to security protection and vulnerability profile technologies
1+ years of experience evaluating current technologies and understanding how to secure; Networks, Cloud, micro services, hybrid environments, etc
1+ years of experience of how to harden and fortify a device through configuration
1+ years of experience in using Agile/Kanban methodology to track and complete work
1+ years of experience creating User Stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to leverage best practices from commonly used frameworks to define and mature delivery models (ex: HiTrust, Agile, COBIT, ITIL, etc.)
Familiarity and/or fluency with devsecops(e.g. Coding/Scripting)
Bachelor's Degree or higher preferred
Must be well versed in networking, operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, etc.), active directory, authorization and authentication, and databases.
Technical network (e.g. Azure/GCP Architect, CCNP Security) and security certifications desired (e.g. CISA, CISSP, GCIH, CCSK)
Knowledge of the healthcare, distribution, or software industries is a plus.
CISSP, CISM and/or SANS certification a plus.
Certifications related to security (such as Security+, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, NCSF, etc.) preferred
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
California, Colorado, Nevada, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Washington, or Washington D.C Residents Only : The hourly range for California, Colorado, Nevada, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Washington, or Washington D.C residents is $70,200 to $137,800 per year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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