[Hiring] Senior Cybersecurity Analyst @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

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.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Critical severity security incident management
• Monitor security intake technologies for reports of security incidents
• Perform analysis on cybersecurity alerts in both On-Premises or Cloud environments
• Strong ability to collaborate, delegate tasks and drive deadline compliance in a highly regulated, time sensitive environment
• Lead security, policy and privacy related events and incidents
• Manage containment and remediation efforts of affected assets, IOCs, and TTPs
• Hold stakeholders accountable for remediation actions
• Mentor analysts, providing training and guidance through complex incidents
• Produce detailed incident reports and security recommendations
• Provide engineering consulting and implementation expertise in support of new initiatives
• Integrate and collaborate with other subject matter experts throughout the organization
• Liaison with Cyber Defense, Privacy, Compliance, Legal, and Architecture teams
• Review security tools for opportunities to improve alert fidelity
• Influence the creation and/or adoption of new standards and procedures
• Identify deficiencies in processes and tools, recommend security controls and/or corrective actions for mitigating technical and business risk
• Contribute to Lessons Learned Meetings
• On-Call duties may be required

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• Information Technology Industry Certification or willingness to obtain information/cybersecurity certification within nine (9) months of hire
• 5+ years of Cyber Security or IT Security experience in Cyber Security Incident Response and or Digital Forensic or Email Security or Cyber Security threat detection, monitoring and reporting or Cyber Intelligence and Threat Hunting
• 5+ years of experience analyzing attack vectors, current threats, and security remediation strategies
• 5+ years of experience with SIEM technologies, EDR technologies, and/or Asset isolation tools
• 3+ years of experience in public cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform
• Ability to work off shift hours if needed (e.g. Nights and Weekends)
• Must be able to work the shift: Wednesday to Saturday 7am CST to 5:30pm CST

Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• PowerShell, KQL, or Python scripting experience
• CISSP, CISA, GCIH, CEH, CHFI, CCSP, SEC+, Net+, A+
• Understanding of NIST 800-61, Cyber Kill Chain, and MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Networking experience (including the OSI Model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP), System Administration, and Security Architecture
• High level familiarity of global privacy regulations (NY Cyber, GDPR, LGPD, CERT-In)
• Spanish language skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

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.