Senior Info Security Risk Analyst – IT Audit or IT Security Assessment

Job title: Senior Info Security Risk Analyst – IT Audit or IT Security Assessment

Company: UnitedHealth Group


Job 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. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing togetherAs an Information Security Risk Analyst, you would support information security standards, policies, and procedures to secure and protect data residing on systems. Work directly with third-party user departments to implement procedures and systems for the protection, conservation, and accountability of proprietary, personal, or privileged electronic data. Generally, work is self-directed and not prescribed. Works with less structured, more complex issues. Serve as a resource to others.Maintain awareness of the valuable and sensitive third-party Relationships by demonstrating the highest degree of professionalism and collaboration in every interaction. All communications must be consultative and conversational, reacting appropriately to the varying levels of technical sophistication that will be encountered. Active listening and adaptability, without relying solely on a predefined formula, is critical to successful interactions.Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead third-party assessments and follow-up activities with strategic third-party relationships
• Communicate professionally with third-party stakeholders/end users through multiple communication methods, building trusting relationships
• Understand and enforce General Computing Controls of third-party organization structure
• Identify security administration deficiencies, recommend improvements, and assist to implement corrective action
• Develop and maintain procedure documentation
• Execution of reporting (Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
• 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

Top responsibilities for this position:

• Understand and scope properly third-party organization structure to apply necessary controls to be assessed
• Perform and manage control/risk assessment and remediation of identified findings as per process documents
• Ensure third-party compliance to the business agreement, policies, procedures, & regulations along with ability to map controls and compliance requirements
• Review third-party supplied policies & procedures, internal/external assessment reports, agreements and provide feedback
• Executive summaries with recommendations & direction regarding remediation efforts and disposition of the third party
• Communicate, escalate, and track third-party remediation progress on assessment remediation activities
• Understand information security risks that are inherent to a business and articulate those risks in business terms
• Maintain current knowledge on information security topics and their applicability program requirements
• Engage onshore leadership regarding any escalation/delays/deviations during assessment/remediation

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in IT auditing and IT security assessments
• 3+ years of experience working with senior levels of management
• 3+ years of Security expertise including knowledge on different security risk assessment frameworks (NIST), standards (ISO27001/HITRUST/ITIL/COBIT), and act such as (HIPAA/GLBA)
• 3+ years of experience in examining the SSAE 16 Audit, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NY Cyber Security and other security audit report
• Solid listening, Communication, and Presentation Skills
• Proven good follow-up skills and detail oriented
• Software tools/skills needed:

• Advance level experience in Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Knowledge and understanding of different security products (web/email filtering, disk encryption, vulnerability testing, antivirus, DLP, firewall etc.)
• Knowledge on technology/software development methodologies, application security, and OWASP Top 10 guidelines
• Ability to document assessment work papers and preparing assessment report
• Ability to manage third-party assessment independently with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualification:

• Certifications: CISA, CISSP, CRISC, ISO 27001, Security+, ISC2 CC

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.#LetsGrow

Expected salary:

Location: Taguig City, Metro Manila

Job date: Thu, 08 May 2025 22:53:04 GMT

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