Network Consultant

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.

This position requires extensive troubleshooting skills on Perimeter Network & Security appliances majorly focusing on Network Switches, Routers, Palo Alto, Blue Coat, Netskope. Engineer would be responsible for daily interaction with clients and end users related to break/fix incidents, Deployments, Changes, Monitoring. Monitoring and Remediation (Splunk/NNMi/OpsBridge/SevOne) experience would be an advantage

Primary Responsibilities:

Perform operational/maintenance activities on Infrastructure Security Appliances not limited to only Panorama and Palo Alto firewalls

Managing HA & upgrades on PALO ALTO devices

Engineer would be working on daily Deployment/Changes

Managing Break/Fix Incidents & High Priority WAR Rooms

Monitoring & Operational support for Network ISP Switches & Network

Engineer will be coordinating with clients through our various internal mechanisms and guiding them for an appropriate solution

Design and run planned Security Changes & RMA to maintain business continuity

Open for 24x7 functional support

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

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

9+ years of experience installing, troubleshooting Cisco equipment

VPN (IPsec, SSL, GRE)

Routing Protocols (BGP, EIGRP and OSPF)

Multi-VRF

Cisco Routers

Cisco Switches Nexus 5K, 7K & 9k

ACI & SD-WAN

Cisco Catalyst and Workgroup switches

MPLS WAAS

WLAN Technologies

Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers

Security related knowledge:

Firewall Design and Architecture

DMZ Environment Design

Cisco CCNP or equivalent experience

Cisco CCIE written or equivalent experience

Extensive technical troubleshooting and enterprise, datacenter environment experience with network technical concepts, devices and platforms

Good troubleshooting skills related to Firewall, Proxy & Network

Proven excellent decision making & ability to deliver during soft and hard time

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.