InfoSec Engineer Consultant – TCP or IP, Subnet, DNS, Firewall

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with teams across diverse organizations to diagnose and resolve security product issues with network connectivity, port mirroring, SNMP, and other integrations
• Starting investigations based on hypotheses about potential malicious activity
• Utilizing up-to-date threat intelligence methods to identify potential threats and resolve issues
• Perform Daily product’s security alert’s monitoring and work with internal security team and AEs security team to remediate the issues and resolve the alerts
• Work with other IT professionals from other cross functional teams to deploy and maintain our security product
• Manage projects and timelines efficiently
• Work with vendors for product demos, enhancement, patching etc
• Work with internal and AEs security team manage risk and vulnerabilities
• Prepare reports and share with internal stakeholders
• Staying updated with the latest technologies and trends
• Ensuring network configurations are accurate and secure
• Work closely with various venders to deploy, maintain, and support our security product at Acquired Entity and corporate sites
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Understanding basics of TCP/IP, subnet, DNS, firewall and firewall rules, routing, switching, and network protocols, ACL
• Knowledge of East-west and North-south network traffic and data flow
• Familiarity with SIEM solutions, preferably Splunk
• Familiarity with routers, switches, and other networking hardware
• Proficiency in Windows, Linux, and other operating systems
• Proven ability to understand network architecture and solutions
• Proven ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven teamwork
• Proven communication

Preferred Qualification:

• CompTIA Security+, Network+, Cisco CCNA Certifications

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.

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