Senior Principal Software Engineer – CIAM Security

Requisition Number: 2252341
Job Category: Technology
Primary Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, IN

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Overview:  

 

Aikyam is the most advanced “Identity as a Service” Platform at United Health Group that is aimed to provide a central and universal user identity for identifying and authenticating a user in the healthcare domain. It is built upon open standards like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 Web SSO etc. It is a highly available, reliable and scalable service hosted in public cloud. We enjoy the trust of large customers in healthcare industry and government services with operations across United States of America. 

 

 

Job Profile – Sr Principal Software Engineer – CIAM Security Engineering

 

Responsibilities 

  • Plan, define, design, implement and maintain the solution architecture in the area of internal and external identity & access management solution in public and private cloud environments 

  • Adopt, implement and define guidelines using open standard identity protocols and mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0/ OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, Federated Identity Management and SSO 

  • Assess overall cloud security posture at frequent intervals. Redesign or evolve the posture as necessary. 

  • Implement data-driven security analytics, reporting and monitoring initiatives and to support security incident analysis with your technical expertise. 

  • Researches, Implements and promotes the adoption of proactive security concepts, such as threat hunting and threat modelling to improve the existing security strategy. 

  • Drive architectural initiatives that align our business needs and technical capabilities for Identity Management solutions. 

 

 

Core Skills:  

  • 6+ years of relevant experience in Identity & Access Management and Information Security 

  • 8+ years of hands-on technical experience in implementing secure enterprise applications using cloud technologies 

  • Deep knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, Identity federation, Single Sign-On, RBAC, ABAC, MFA, RBA 

  • Good experience in Threat, Vulnerability & Risk management, Infrastructure security 

  • Strong working knowledge of Web Application Firewalls, HTTP(s), TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, Forward and reverse proxies, Load balancers 

  • Strong understanding and development experience on Java, SpringBoot, RESTful Web Services and Microservices 

  • Working knowledge of Scripting languages (Python and PowerShell) 

  • Good understanding of the web application architectures, TCP/IP networking, cloud computing and data integrity and confidentiality including cryptographic techniques 

  • Demonstrable experience in Site Reliability Engineering and DDoS mitigation techniques 

  • Knowledge of SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities  

  • Strong communication skills and presentation skills, leadership skills, problem solving and analytical skills. 

 

 

Preferred Skills: 

  • Implementation of Technology specifications and/or RFCs 

  • Hands-on working experience with SailPoint, ForgeRock, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, Azure AD or similar IAM products 

  • Good understanding of data science methodologies. Distinguish between descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytic capabilities and their applications 

  • Experience in implementing Security Analytics using AI and machine learning 

  • AWS Certifications 

  • Good understanding of SCIM2, U2F/UAF/FIDO2, HOTP, TOTP 

  • Working knowledge of containers and orchestration (Kubernetes) 

 

 

Nice to have Skills: 

 

  • Experience in healthcare industry applications development and support 

  • Familiarity with security, privacy and compliance standards such as FISMA, FedRAMP, HIPAA, NIST800-53, NIST800-63 and GDPR 

 

 

 


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.

Additional Job Detail Information

Requisition Number 2252341

Business Segment Optum

Employee Status Regular

Travel No

Country: IN

Overtime Status Exempt

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Telecommuter Position No

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