Public Key Infrastructure Architect - Basking Ridge, NJ, Eden Prairie, MN, or Hartford, CT

At Optum, we are focused on doing things that have not been done yet; helping improve lives in ways that were unthinkable until we thought of them. Do you enjoy working with an elite team, empowered to do your best? If so, please consider this your opportunity to see your ideas come to life. Optum is known for its innovative approach to health care. Widely regarded as innovators and thought leaders, our executive team has served in key administration roles, on the boards of national and community-based organizations, and in a number of advocacy roles for health care and community-based organizations. We have spent decades investing in the technology and information capabilities that help us bring new ideas to market faster; we have developed solutions that are practical today and scalable for tomorrow; and we have created collaborative teams dedicated to innovation across each of our businesses to share our best thinking. The world will never be the same. And neither should you.
This individual will reside within the Optum Information Risk Management Security Architecture Office, and is focused on Public Key Infrastructure architecture. In this role, you will be responsible for providing active and engaged leadership with business and IT teams relative to security design and review processes, as well security consulting expertise in support of strategic company initiatives. Deliverables include clear communication of strategy, technical, and project management materials, and on-going assessment for initiatives across the enterprise.

General Responsibilities:

Lead efforts to define and support the enterprise strategy and architecture for PKI
Work in active partnership with stakeholders to understand business requirements and develop supporting security principles and objectives that will enable the secure growth and evolution of UnitedHealth Group (and communicating those requirements to security and risk management stakeholders throughout the enterprise)
Contributing to consistent patterns and frameworks to evolve the company’s security architecture and a clear, comprehensive security framework (and promoting those requirements through partnership with enterprise architecture and IT governance functions)
Providing consulting to business leaders in addressing their access management risk posture
Promoting a consistent risk vocabulary for risk and controls and aligning that vocabulary with related compliance and business risk disciplines within the organization
Coordinating with leaders responsible for Infrastructure Services, Application Services, Information Risk Governance & Compliance, Remediation and Release Management to justify and communicate initiatives and risk management outcomes and to ensure integrity of approach
Formally and informally responding to customer and regulatory requests with regard to security services, mechanisms and safeguards (this includes regular communications with regulatory, privacy and legal stakeholders and active participation in both internal and external audit activities)
Recommending changes, when appropriate, to security policies and control standards and operational practices

Required Qualifications:

10 or more years progressive knowledge and growth in information technology or information security, with a large portion of this experience focused on access management, infrastructure, platform, and data security architecture
3 or more years of experience building or supporting PKI including inception, analysis, design, and deployment
Significant experience in the design of enterprise-wide PKI, encryption services, certificate services, and VPN solutions
3 or more years of supporting access management technologies, projects, or  programs for a large enterprise organization
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
Specific experience in architecture, engineering, deployment and/or operational management of enterprise access management solutions.
Preferred Qualifications:

Specific experience with the implementation of Certificate Authorities, to include Root CAs, Intermediate CAs, Issuing CAs, and HSMs
Experience in the design of enterprise-wide solutions within Windows and Linux/Unix environments
Demonstrable collaboration, communication, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills
Demonstrated architecture expertise in SaaS, PaaS, IaaS in Cloud computing
Familiarity with IT Governance standards including ITIL and CoBIT
Exposure to cutting edge Health IT topics such as Cloud Computing, BDaaS, Cyber Defense, and Health Information Exchange Enablement
Specific experience managing projects / programs from concept through implementation ( including the rollout of supporting oversight processes) using a structured project management methodology across the entire project life cycle
Industry-specific certifications, including one or more of the following: CISSP, GSEC, CISM, or Security+
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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.