Senior Manager Information Security Engineering

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. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of firewall engineers, architects, analysts, and security professionals
• Establish organizational goals, performance expectations, and development plans
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Manage resource allocation across multiple integration projects, operational priorities, and strategic initiatives
• Build leadership succession plans and promote technical and professional growth across the organization
• Serve as the security leader for all firewall-related M&A initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures, and business transformations
• Direct pre-close due diligence assessments, Day 1 readiness activities, and post-close integration programs
• Partner with executive leadership, infrastructure teams, application owners, and business stakeholders to develop secure integration strategies and ensure mitigation of security risks pertaining to the company
• Drive decision-making and standardization related to inherited security risks, network connectivity, segmentation, and firewall modernization efforts
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for enterprise and acquired-entity firewall environments
• Partner with technology, engineering, and business stakeholders to implement intelligent solutions that reduce manual effort, accelerate M&A integration timelines, and improve customer experience
• Identify opportunities to automate firewall engineering, risk assessments, security reviews, integration processes, compliance validation, reporting, and operational workflows
• Be able to support on call rotations, after hours support and respond to high severity security incidents when required
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of Information Security, Cybersecurity, Network security, or Firewall security experience
• 7+ years of hands-on experience supporting and administering enterprise firewalls
• 6+ years of leadership or people management experience, including managing leads, engineers, architects, and analysts
• Experience with M&A security integrations, firewall architecture, cloud security, network segmentation and leading firewall governance, compliance frameworks, risk management, and security audits
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, competing priorities, and enterprise-level security initiatives
• Proven solid communication, decision-making, and leadership skills in fast-paced, high-impact environments

Preferred Qualifications

CISSP, CISM, CCSP, PCCSE, or related industry certifications

Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, AlgoSec, cloud-native security platforms, and network security automation

Experience in highly regulated environments supporting security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or HITRUST

Experience leveraging AI technologies to improve security operations, governance, and engineering productivity

Solid background in security operations, security governance programs, and incident management

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.