Information Security Engineer (IAM)- Remote

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.

Information security engineers design, develop, manage, and maintain a secure infrastructure leveraging cloud platform security technologies. This position will work directly with their management and end-user client communities to implement procedures to secure proprietary, personal, and privileged company data. This position will also identify potential security vulnerabilities and implement measures to prevent unauthorized access, and other security incidents.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Agile Focused Delivery
  • Responsible for specific assigned user stories focused on independent components, process improvements, and test use cases
  • Regular updates to assigned user stories using Kanban or Scrum methodologies using Agile tools and technologies
• Identity and Access Management
  • Implement solutions to ensure that IAM solutions and services perform according to defined processes, meet defined policies, and comply with information security requirements
  • Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with IAM policies and processes, use automated tools to monitor and report on IAM activities and compliance status, and developing robust policies to ensure end users have the minimum necessary access to perform their duties
  • Evaluate, develop, and implement secure IAM solutions, based on approved enterprise security architectures
  • Report on IAM baseline configurations and ensure baseline compliance
• Code Reviews/Automation
  • Expects to receive critical feedback based on code reviews that could lead to refactoring
  • Participates in peer code reviews
  • Solutions are testable, maintainable, and automated
  • Code is well documented and well tested meeting code coverage and static analysis targets where applicable
  • Responsible for all aspects of deliverable (detailed code design, coding, unit and integration test, automation, and deployment)
  • Identifies repeated manual processes and advocates for automation prioritization
• Operational Excellence
  • Participates in on-call rotation
  • Contributes towards operational activities by handling support tickets within defined SLA
  • Contributes to outage retrospective discussions and documentation
• Customer/ User Focus
  • Understands gross magnitude of business impact (why are we developing this process and for whom)
  • Contributes to increasing team understanding of user perspective and values while advocating for user needs
  • Participates in development of prototypes (mockups, models, simulations, functional capabilities) to support user engagement, interaction, and feedback
• Security Centric/ Zero-Trust
  • Delivers solutions devoid of significant security vulnerabilities
  • Knowledgeable about current application security controls
  • Fundamental understanding of PHI/PII data and the restrictions around it using limited data sets/de-identified data for analysis/development and testing where applicable

 

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:

• 3+ years of experience in Public Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) with focus on Azure AD IAM (Identity and access management) concepts and security frameworks with Federated domain
• 3+ years of experience on Entra ID, multi-factor authentication, user provisioning, privileged Identity management, single sign-on, federation technologies and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC etc.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud IAM functionality across multiple public cloud services (IAM Roles, Permissions and Policies)
• 2+ years of experience in (IAC), CI/CD deployment automation experience using Terraform and Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions to public clouds
• 2+ years of experience programming in at least one scripting language (PowerShell, Python, etc.) 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with implementation skills on Blue/Green Deployments, Azure DevOps, GitHub Automation with CICD pipelines
• Experience with automating system administration tasks, deployments, and other repeatable tasks
• Experience with Scripting skills on Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, M365 Graph API, Python and Shell Scripting languages
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tool such as Microsoft Power BI or similar tool to create various interactive visualizations, reports, and dashboards

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $70,200 to $137,800 annually. 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.
  
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.