Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (Malware Analysis) - Remote Nationwide

UnitedHealth Group - Eden Prairie, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Eden Prairie, MN

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

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 together. Join UnitedHealth Group's Enterprise Information Security (EIS) organization if you want to be the first-line defense against securing the largest healthcare company in the world against security threats. We are focused on transformation by strengthening our cyber defenses, ransomware resiliency, mitigating vulnerabilities, and better securing all aspects of our company, globally. We are vigilant and passionate about protecting the sensitive data of our members and providers and are committed to leveraging every tool, partnership, and process needed to enhance our security posture. It is our duty to protect the information of those we serve and help fulfill our mission of making the health care system work better for everyone. The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst will join the Reverse Engineering unit, which is part of our Cyber Threat Intelligence Team and involved in the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect and defend networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, theft, or unauthorized access, including firewall, digital forensics, investigative services, and incident management. You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Responsibilities

• Perform dynamic and static malware analysis using non-automated sandboxes
• Monitor threat feeds for relevant information
• Monitor threat landscape to identify new tactics, techniques and procedures employed by threat actors and update associated profiles
• Perform research and collection across the intelligence spectrum to support requests for information from internal teams
• Contribute to threat intelligence reports regarding current activities
• Develop, manage, optimize and continuously improve processes to enhance the overall cyber threat intelligence function
• Support Incident Response and Engineering teams during incidents and other threat monitoring activities providing intelligence context, remediation recommendations and expertise
• Maintain relationships with external partners such as the FBI, DHS, NH-ISAC, and other healthcare organizations

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with a Threat Intelligence Platform
• 2+ years of experience leading cybersecurity projects in an enterprise environment
• 2+ years of experience working with Linux, OS X, UNIX and Windows operating systems
• 2+ years of experience with security technologies such as Sysmon, Procmon, FlareVM toolset, etc.
• 2+ years of experience utilizing disassemblers such as Ghidra or IDA Pro
• 1+ years of hands-on experience performing dynamic malware analysis

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree
• GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware Certification (GREM) or other related certifications

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution