Senior Information Security Engineer - Remote in St. Paul MN

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.

Be a contributing member of a collaborative team responsible for the cryptographic hardware appliances and public key encryption (PKI) that secure Optum's Identity and Access Management Platforms. This engineer role will be responsible for operationally managing and ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of multiple environments of highly available security encryption appliances and the infrastructure comprising Optum's internal Public Key infrastructure. Provide operational support in the day-to-day tasks and on call support to ensure the platform is always available and secure. Assist with identifying and executing on opportunities to improve efficiency through automation and process improvement. Collaborate as part of the team to drive forward initiatives and projects related to platform enhancements, security, and delivering cryptographic solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide operations support in the day-to-day tasks involved with managing enterprise grade cryptographic appliances
• Help analyze, identify gaps, design, build, and support a robust, secure, and compliant platform of cryptographic appliances
• Contribute to enterprise encryption policy and standards
• Provide innovative solutions to automate repetitive tasks
• Assist in researching, testing, and evaluating cryptographic hardware products and their use for platforms and applications
• Participate as an independent contributor within an agile based team
• Participate in a 247 on call rotation supporting hardware cryptographic appliances
• May be required to visit Optum's data centers on occasion as part of normal operations and on call
• Must be Local to he Minneapolis/ST Paul Metro Area

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with LinuxWindows OS management
• 3+ years of IT experience in a corporate environment
• Proven knowledge of information security best practices and processes
• Understanding of physical controls around encryption materials
• Ability to participate in on call rotation
• Ability to provide physical support at the Minneapolis area data centers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience
• CISSP or other security related certification
• 2+ years of cryptographic module, hardware security module, or other cryptographic platform experience
• 1+ years understanding and working with various types and use cases of encryption algorithms
• Scripting and automation experience leveraging Python, Powershell or other scripting languages
• Cloud Infrastructure exposure in any of the major CSP's including MS Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Other Identity and Access Management experience

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $88,000 to $173,200 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.