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.

Information Security Engineers develop and implement information security policies, standards and procedures to secure and protect data residing on systems. This position will work directly with senior management and user departments to implement procedures and systems for the protection, conservation and accountability of proprietary, personal or privileged information.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Designing, building and operating secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements

• Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure technical solutions align with architectural principles, design patterns, and security requirements

• Innovate to improve efficiency, reduce technical drag, and create usable app patterns

• Practice SRE principles, to eliminating repetitive tasks, monitor performance, simplifying work practices, defining outcomes and metrics, and assure operational quality

• Manage security controls at the platform layer to enable the organization to operate securely, efficiently, and within policy

• Assist multiple partner teams to understand and apply information security guidance and standards with the goal of mitigating information security risks

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team to enhance their skills and knowledge

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 as software development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for production systems

• 4+ years of experience in Public Cloud such as AWS, Azure, GCP beyond basic IaaS functionality

• 4+ years of experience programming in at least one high-level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.)

• 3+ years of experience in building cloud platforms

• 3+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs

• 3+ years of experience in automation of CI/CD using GitHub actions or similar and source control system such as Git

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes

• Experience with algorithms, data structures, OO design and other CSCI concepts

• Experience with API design and lifecycle management (REST, etc.)

• Experience with application foundations and frameworks (Spring, Flask, etc.)

• Experience with data storage, caching and optimization (NoSQL databases, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.)

• Experience with Inter-service messaging and streams discovery (SQS, Pub/Sub Kafka, etc.)

• Experience with instrumentation, logging and tracing (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Stack Driver, Azure Monitor etc.)

• Design mindset - capable of building distributed/scalable services

*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.