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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.

Identity Engineer or IT Security professional with experience administrating, delivering, and supporting Identity Access Management services including Single Sign On (SSO), OIDC, SAML Federation services, and knowledge of application integration with Ping Identity and Azure AD.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and build infrastructure and services supporting Identity, Authentication and Federation

• Deploy highly scalable applications, applying standard SSO patterns for security and privacy at scale

• Administrate and Secure systems supporting Identity and authentication services

• Integrates Applications on PingFederate and Cloud SSO services, using patterns such as OIDC and SAML

• Improve resiliency of supported infrastructure and services, troubleshoot issues and prevent outages

• Help assess the planning for retirement of products and migration plans for the functional evolution of the digital workspace

• Develop architectural diagrams to illustrate architectural complexities and interactions

• Deploys SAML partnership configuration and establish certificates renewal processes

• Support business teams and users, evaluating authentication requirements and any enhancements

• Gather and analyze data for informed decision-making while providing detailed, realistic estimates

• Interact skillfully with business stakeholders and third-party technical organizations

• Solve problems and provide deep technical troubleshooting skills

• Configure logging, alerting, monitoring, and reporting for IAM solutions

• Define and implement technical solutions to meet business needs through Agile process

• Foster high-performance, collaborative technical work resulting in high-quality output

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:

• 5+ years of Information Technology support experience in large, complex multi-server environment

• 4+ years Identity Access Management design, engineering and support experience

• 4+ years of experience with SSO for SAML/OIDC Authentication, Azure AD, Ping Identity, PingFederate or comparable products

• 4+ years of experience on integration with a variety of enterprise applications, platforms and utilities

• 2+ years of LDAP Directory knowledge

• 1+ years of scripting and automation experience

• Ability to work an On-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent progressive work experience of 10+ years in related fields

• Information security background and related certifications

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: IAM Architecture, Web Access Management, Federation, MFA, any LDAP Directories, SAML, OIDC, Azure AD/AWS/GCP Identity solutions

• Experience with tools like Splunk, Zabbix, Sitescope, HPOV, New Relic

• Experience interacting with and providing guidance to business and application team members

• Proven knowledge of Cloud (private/public/hybrid) and Container technologies

• Proven knowledge of Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker deployment

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

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, 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.