Information Security Engineer (Entra ID)- Remote

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.

As a Entra ID IAM Information Security Engineer Cloud IAM Engineer, your primary focus will be on Identity & Access Management (AuthN & AuthZ) engineering activities for Azure Entra ID & Cloud DevOps/Operational Support for Gov Cloud; implement and enforce IAM controls for applications migrating to or already deployed in Azure, GCP or AWS Public Cloud. You will work with IAM segment leads, IAM architecture team, IaaS/Cloud Engineering and CI/CD teams to identify and leverage the best practices for IAM controls implementation.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Evaluation, design, and development of Azure Entra ID, and AWS IAM technical requirements, solutions, and implementation of features on Cloud roadmap to ensure functional, reliable, secure and cost-effective technology environment
• Engineer cloud application identity patterns and application AuthZ/ AuthN and capabilities of the various dev tools, libraries and frameworks available to them within set of approved Architectures
• Ensure continuous improvement within the IAM security architecture by introducing and implementing emerging security technologies and practices
• Work across the business and IT teams to analyze and define requirements for Azure Active Directory integrations
• Effectively liaise with other teams in information security & risk management, infrastructure & architecture management as well as business functions to deliver the target technology environment
• Create/enhance automation scripts, CICD pipelines to implement IAM roles, policy bindings in the AZURE public clouds environment
• Work on automation using CICD/Jenkins pipelines, Terraform scripts for IAM infrastructure setup and capabilities deployment
• Support public cloud (Azure) hosted applications and infrastructure services by maintaining and enforcing IAM policies and procedures
• Work on any escalation for IAM issues within public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Identify gaps and recommend solutions to improve operational efficiencies across IAM processes and patterns

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:

• Undergraduate degree or 5+ years of IT experience
• 4+ years public Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS) with focus on Entra ID IAM (Identity and access management) concepts and security frameworks with Federal domain
• 4+ years directory services, multi-factor authentication, user provisioning, privileged Identity management, single sign-on, federation technologies and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC etc.
• 4+ years cloud IAM functionality across multiple public cloud services (IAM Roles, Permissions and Policies)
• Available to work 24/7 rotational environment as needed
• U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical or security certifications (Azure certifications, CISSP)
• Comp TIA Security+, SC-300, AZ-500
• Experience with infrastructure and application deployment automation experience using Terraform and Jenkins to public clouds
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Automation with CICD pipelines
• Experience with automating system administration tasks, deployments, and other repeatable tasks
• Experience with scripting skills on Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, M365 Graph API, Python and Shell Scripting languages

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

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.