Senior Information Security Engineering Consultant

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:

• Serve as the functional subject matter expert for Palo Alto Networks firewall, ensuring robust configuration, policy enforcement, and threat prevention
• Utilize advanced security monitoring tools such as AlgoSec and Firemon to conduct audits, assess rule effectiveness, and validate compliance
• Report and review compliance status, guiding remediation actions and aligning with regulatory and internal security standards
• Apply AI-driven analytics to detect anomalies, prioritize threats, and automate incident response workflows for enhanced data protection
• Assess the severity and complexity of security issues-individually or collaboratively-to safeguard proprietary, personal, and privileged electronic data
• Collaborate with directors, managers, and technical teams to mitigate security risks and ensure alignment with enterprise security strategy
• Promote the integration of emerging technologies, including AI and machine learning, to strengthen security posture and reduce operational risks
• Mentor and coach cybersecurity analysts, providing expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and resolution methodologies enhanced by AI tools
• Evaluate and recommend new security products, maintaining awareness of innovations from application-level to enterprise-scale, including AI-powered solutions
• Foster the development of innovative approaches to complex cybersecurity challenges, leveraging automation and intelligent threat modeling
• Operate in the US shift, ensuring real-time support and collaboration with global teams across time zones
• 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, Post Graduate
• Experience in the perimeter Security Domain comprising of Palo Alto Firewall
• Auditing Firewall Security policies. Experience with evaluating Security posture risks
• Assessing Security policies and compliance

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.