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UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Cloud Security Engineer will assist with the design, deployment, and operationalization of Azure, AWS, and GCP security posture of UnitedHealth Group, with a focus on enabling effective and efficient incident response. This role will be a primary contributor to the Cloud Alignment Team that governs enterprise-wide cloud security strategy, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. The position will be part of the Cloud Security Engineering Team with in the Enterprise Information Security group. The ideal Cloud Security Engineer candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, be a self-starter, and have a desire to maintain enterprise-wide visibility to initiatives related to cloud-based technologies and services.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Working with internal cyber defense, security engineering teams, and business customers to produce meaningful cybersecurity defenses

• Interact with internal security partners and workload owners to enhance cloud security capabilities and help develop custom solutions to security gaps

• Identify recurring problems and automated solutions to help scale and expand

• Represent cloud security engineering in enterprise-wide leadership groups focused on cloud initiatives

• Work effectively across security, engineering, and architecture functions within the organization to affect change and enhance security strategies and posture

• Design and develop strategies for security logging and monitoring that solve security and engineering customers' needs

• Identify methods to implement or modify security solutions to better protect the enterprise from cyber threats

• Proactively explore emerging technologies and their potential impact on security teams, from the perspective of securing and protecting those technologies

• Recommend and coordinate security strategies across teams via coordination with senior leadership

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:

• 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity defense and security operations

• 4+ years of experience in network engineering and architecture or with threats and vulnerability testing, risk assessments, and security compliance

• 1+ years of experience with implementing security solutions within Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with the cybersecurity challenges of a global business

• Expert knowledge in cloud technology, including security architecture, DevOps practices, or serverless infrastructure

• Expert knowledge in information technology, including cloud service providers, networking, architecture, protocols, file systems and operating systems

*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, or Washington 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.