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Technology Governance Automation Engineer

Requisition number: 2356077 Job category: Technology Primary location: Draper, UT Date posted: 05/11/2026 Overtime status: Exempt Travel: No

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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.

We are seeking a Technology Governance Automation Engineer to support and advance Optum Bank"s governance, risk, and compliance capabilities. This role will engineer scalable, automated solutions that reduce manual effort across the bank"s Risk Level 1 control environment, including regulatory examinations, audits, risk assessments, security posture management, and vendor support environments -while remaining fully aligned with banking control and audit expectations.

The Technology Governance Automation Engineer partners closely with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Legal, Information Security, Technology, and Vendor Support teams to ensure governance activities are consistent, auditable, and efficiently executed. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, structured process design, and increasing automation using modern analytics and AI-assisted tools.

Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Technology Governance & Risk Oversight

• Support bank governance activities aligned to regulatory expectations including FFIEC, GLBA, and HITRUST validation. Analyze and document technology risks, control effectiveness, and remediation activities. Maintain traceability between regulations, policies, controls, and supporting evidence. Assist with Risk Level 1 governance processes and ongoing control monitoring

Audit & Regulatory Support

• Coordinate and support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and management reviews while continuously identifying opportunities to automate processes and reduce manual effort. Prepare, validate, and manage audit evidence and documentation using scalable, repeatable approaches. Track issues, findings, and remediation actions to closure, and enhance exam readiness through consistent, automated documentation, reporting, and governance metrics

Process Automation & Analytics

• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate governance, audit, and administrative processes. Use Python and SQL for data analysis, reporting, and lightweight automation. Leverage AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Claude Code to accelerate documentation, data validation, and workflow improvements under appropriate governance controls

Security, Vendor & Platform Coordination

• Support governance activities related to information technology, information security, and vendor support. Assist in integrating data from GRC, security, identity, and vendor platforms. Help analyze security posture data, access reviews, and control attestations to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy

Data, Reporting & Documentation

• Develop and maintain governance dashboards, reports, and metrics using SQL, Databricks, Power BI, or similar tools. Ensure documentation is accurate, current, and examination ready. Contribute to standards, procedures, and process documentation supporting governance and compliance objectives

You"ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor"s degree in CS or IT or engineering related field
• 5+ years of work experience in technology governance, IT risk, compliance, audit, or information security within a banking or similarly regulated environment
• 5+ years of direct experience supporting audits or regulatory examinations, including building or automating solutions for evidence collection, validation, remediation tracking, and examiner support
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience using Python and SQL to build and maintain automated workflows, data pipelines, or tooling that support governance, compliance, or vendor control processes
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience using Databricks, Power BI, or similar tools to support enterprise analytics, automation, or reporting for governance, compliance, audit, or vendor-risk activities
• 1+ years of experience leveraging AI‑assisted productivity, development, or machine‑learning-based tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code) to automate or scale governance, compliance, or vendor support workflows

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in financial services or banking environments
• Familiarity with FFIEC, GLBA, HITRUST, or similar regulatory frameworks
• Experience working with GRC, security, or vendor management platforms

Soft Skills:

• Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across risk, compliance, security, and technology teams
• Execution-focused approach with strong organizational skills
• All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group"s Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you"ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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