Information Security Engineering Manager

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.

The Information Security team is positioned as a South Region aligned resource team, closely connected to the Optum Enterprise Information Security teams. We primarily serve WellMed, USMD, HCAT and Optum Florida (OFL) organizations by providing: strategy consultation, standardization policies and guidelines, system design, architecture documentation, performance evaluations, and operational support. The Information Security team links the goals of USMD and HCAT with those of WellMed and Optum and provides support and advice for the overall improvement of our collective security posture.

Primary Responsibility:

• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree (in Information Technology or similar field required.) Four additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• (ISC)2 CISSP certification
• 8+ years of experience with security administration and/or engineering
• Experience working with security standards including those promoted by NIST, PCI DSS, ISO, HIPAA
• Proven exceptional planning and project implementation skills to achieve high visibility solutions
• Proven exceptional communication skills
• Proven exceptional analytical and problem solving abilities
• Ability to prioritize and balance workload in a high-demand environment
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems
• Firewalls, Encryption, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Ransomware detection, Antivirus, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

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.