Principal Info Security Engineer

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze, remediate, and approve firewall rules/policies in accordance with enterprise established standards and compliance requirements.
• Making critical decisions on enterprise security policies
• Utilizing the security monitoring tools to support audits (Ex: AlgoSec)
• Reporting and reviewing the compliance status and taking remediation actions
• Determine the severity and complexity of issues pertaining to the security and protection of systems data, (autonomously or as part of a team) to ensure the protections, conservation and accountability of proprietary, personal, or privileged electronic data
• Collaborate with director, managers, and other technical personnel to ensure mitigation of security risks pertaining to the company
• Defines, implements, audits, and maintains firewall security policies
• Promote the development of innovative approaches and solutions to complex problems and issues
• 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:

• 7+ years of Palo Alto Firewall experience
• 5+ years of Cloud Security experience
• 5+ years of Security Architect experience
• 5+ years of Firewall rule/policy compliance and governance experience
• 5+ years of Firewall rule analysis and remediation experience
• Proven communication skills for team and customer engagement
• Proven team player

Preferred Qualifications:

• Splunk experience
• AlgoSec experience
• Proven leadership skills

Other Requirements

• Needs to work 40+ hours per week
• Required shift will be 8-5 CST
• Needs to meet RTO requirements

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.