Positions in this function typically involve providing network related analysis, design, and integration services. This includes coordination between clients, vendors, and other internal support services and includes both data and voice. Analyzes and investigates. Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise.
Primary Responsibilities:
- As a network consultant, your responsibilities include monitoring, evaluating, and maintaining systems and procedures to safeguard internal information systems, networks, databases, and web-based security. You will conduct vulnerability assessments and continuously monitor systems, networks, databases, and web environments for potential breaches. Additionally, you will make recommendations and implement changes to enhance system security and prevent unauthorized access. This includes researching security trends, new methods, and techniques used in unauthorized data access to preemptively eliminate the possibility of system breaches. Primary Responsibilities: Maintain a comprehensive inventory of application delivery controllers and web application firewalls, utilizing products such as F5, A10, and Cloudflare, in collaboration with global engineering teams. Ensure over 99.99% application uptime by deploying load balancers, configuring load-balanced applications, and securing external cloud and on-prem applications with WAF, DDoS, BoT, and API protections. Effectively troubleshoot complex layer 1-7 issues, providing clear and concise status updates to stakeholders until resolution, using tools like Wireshark, tcpdump, curl, Postman, browser dev tools, Linux command line, etc. Execute assigned projects promptly without causing application impact, adhering to change control process requirements. Projects include load balancer software or hardware upgrades, onboarding applications to Web App Firewalls, migrating applications along with WAF to cloud infrastructures, deploying SSL/TLS inspection, and automating secure solutions at scale. Engineer innovative solutions and build helpful tools with a scripting/automation focus and a software engineering mindset. Automate repeatable tasks using scripting languages like Perl or Python to interact directly with platform APIs and/or using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, etc. Some on-call engagements that includes after-hours and weekend support may be required
- 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:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in architecting, supporting, maintaining, configuring, and securing IT infrastructure
- 5+ years of experience in troubleshooting, configuring, architecting, and maintaining application delivery controllers, including at least 2 years with F5 load balancers and other load balancers such as A10, Nginx, Citrix, AVI, Kemp, HAProxy, Barracuda, etc
- 3+ years of experience in securing cloud-native applications in Azure, GCP, or AWS with WAF, DDoS, Bot, and API protections using cloud WAF CDN tools such as Cloudflare, Imperva, Akamai, F5 XC, etc.
- 3+ years of experience in automating network infrastructure tasks using scripting languages like Perl or Python to interact directly with platform APIs and/or using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, etc.
- 2+ years of experience in troubleshooting and maintaining other network or security appliances (switches, routers, firewalls, proxies, etc.)
- 2+ years of experience in securing applications with web application firewalls using F5 ASM/AWAF module
Preferred Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP), CCSP, Terraform Certification
- Load Balancing Certifications
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.
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We’re the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Our global technology team consists of more than 30,000 innovators from around the world passionate about using technology to improve the lives of people and communities. We are modernizing the health care system through modern analytics, comprehensive clinical expertise, innovative technologies and extensive experience in improving operational and clinical performance.
As part of our team, you will be provided opportunities to channel your curiosity into initiative, working alongside distinguished engineers and developers pursuing innovations that improve the health care experience for everyone. We encourage you to dive in, explore and ask questions about creative ways to use technology to help make the health care system work like an actual system.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business, the responsibilities of a job, and your preference for more flexibility. These models are core on-site 5 days/week, hybrid 3 day/s week and telecommute or fully remote.
