Senior Info Security Engineer Consultant – Palo Alto On Prem

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

As a Senior Information Security Engineering Consultant, your responsibilities include administration, maintenance, architecture, and engineering related to on-premise and cloud security solutions. This includes, direct support, technical ownership, and leading others with regards to the platforms. Additional responsibilities as needed, but may include security posture review and analysis, security vulnerability scanning, monitoring and alerting development and tooling, and security incident response.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work on-call and non-standard hours when necessary
• Support team leads and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for approaches, procedures, and implementation of Cybersecurity systems, specifically perimeter firewalls
• Be able to troubleshoot in highly complex, technical situations within an enterprise organization
• Be able to identify and mitigate risks
• Capable of formulating and implementing procedures and systems
• Be able to document and communicate on an expert level
• Have or be in process of obtaining advanced certifications pertinent to area of expertise
• Collaborate in the development of training content for issues related to IT Cybersecurity
• Develops and oversees the development of innovative approaches and solutions to complex problems and issues
• Supports the monitoring and responses to security incidents, offering expertise to ensure prompt and effective resolution
• Collaborates with director, managers, project managers, architects and other technical personnel to ensure mitigation of risks to the company
• 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:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in IT Security for large enterprise environments
• 5+ years of experience with next gen/firewall (ex. Palo Alto)
• 5+ years of experience with WAN/LAN routing, switching, proxy and firewall environments
• Work experience as a system security engineer or information security engineer
• Proven solid planning and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to troubleshoot in highly complex, technical situations within a matrixed organization

Preferred Qualification:

• CompTIA Security +, or related certification, PCNSE, CCNA, Network +

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.