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Cybersecurity roles in threat analysis, penetration testing, and security engineering qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving you up to 36 months of work authorization. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and your degree must align with an eligible CIP code in computer science, information security, or a related STEM field.
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Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble!
Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.
Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference!
O.N.E Purpose:
- Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.
- Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation.
- Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Engineer, Cybersecurity will design, develop, manage, and maintain a secure infrastructure leveraging cloud platform security technologies and has an integral role toward protecting data entrusted to Ensemble Health Partners. This may involve analyzing existing cloud structures and creating new and enhanced security methods. The Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer is responsible for managing, configuring, finetuning and deploying cloud native policies to enhance security controls and reduce information security risks. This position will leverage resources to engineer solutions which supports both IT and security controls and initiatives including support of HITRUST control and CIS framework requirements. The Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer will stay informed on current threats and proactively probe the enterprise for potential vulnerabilities and develop mitigation plans in collaboration with security and IT teams.
Essential Job Functions
- Participate in IT projects providing security architecture and security controls integration requirements.
- Respond to crises or urgent situations to mitigate immediate and potential threats or IT issues. Track and document steps taken from initial detection through final resolution.
- Assist with investigations of suspected cases of improper activity, coordinates reporting and recommends corrective steps.
- Respond to security-related incident and service requests within allotted service level agreement time.
- Manage and maintain, tune, and optimize the Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
- Manage and maintain API Management Services.
- Participate in IT projects providing Cybersecurity Engineering and security controls integration requirements.
- Follow Change Management processes and represent change details in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings as necessary. Work with the CAB to establish pre-approved changes as required.
- Assure infrastructure-as-code is following standard security practices and achieves CIS compliance.
- Improves process efficiency by crafting and implementing creative and balanced changes to existing deployment methodologies.
- Experience with the analysis of underlying technologies that form the solution vital for the application of threat identification, analysis, and thread model design.
- The threat model depicts trust boundary, threat agent(s), threat vector(s), and safeguard(s) vital to protect person, asset, data, and the EnsembleHP brand.
- Work closely with functional-area architects, engineering, and Cybersecurity analysts throughout the company to ensure adequate security solutions and controls are in place throughout all IT systems, cloud systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 to 5 years of related experience as a cybersecurity developer
- Associates Degree or Equivalent Experience
- Preferred certification of CompTIA Security+ or CISSP, or willingness to obtain
This position pays between $84,000-132,300 based on experience level.
Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
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JOIN AN AWARD-WINNING COMPANY
Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025
Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024
22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024
Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024
Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023
Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024
Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024
Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024
Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024
- Innovation
- Work-Life Flexibility
- Leadership
- Purpose + Values
Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:
- Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
- Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
Due to business, operational, payroll, and regulatory requirements, this position is limited to individuals who reside and are authorized to work within the United States. Applications generated from outside the United States will not be considered. Individuals may reapply when located within the United States.
Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact TA@ensemblehp.com.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
Employment Disclaimers – Ensemble
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble!
Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.
Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch, and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo, we know they will be the difference!
O.N.E Purpose:
- Customer Obsession: Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients, patients, and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.
- Embracing New Ideas: Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation.
- Striving for Excellence: Execute at a high level by demonstrating our “Best in KLAS” Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Engineer, Cybersecurity will design, develop, manage, and maintain a secure infrastructure leveraging cloud platform security technologies and has an integral role toward protecting data entrusted to Ensemble Health Partners. This may involve analyzing existing cloud structures and creating new and enhanced security methods. The Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer is responsible for managing, configuring, finetuning and deploying cloud native policies to enhance security controls and reduce information security risks. This position will leverage resources to engineer solutions which supports both IT and security controls and initiatives including support of HITRUST control and CIS framework requirements. The Cybersecurity Cloud Engineer will stay informed on current threats and proactively probe the enterprise for potential vulnerabilities and develop mitigation plans in collaboration with security and IT teams.
Essential Job Functions
- Participate in IT projects providing security architecture and security controls integration requirements.
- Respond to crises or urgent situations to mitigate immediate and potential threats or IT issues. Track and document steps taken from initial detection through final resolution.
- Assist with investigations of suspected cases of improper activity, coordinates reporting and recommends corrective steps.
- Respond to security-related incident and service requests within allotted service level agreement time.
- Manage and maintain, tune, and optimize the Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
- Manage and maintain API Management Services.
- Participate in IT projects providing Cybersecurity Engineering and security controls integration requirements.
- Follow Change Management processes and represent change details in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings as necessary. Work with the CAB to establish pre-approved changes as required.
- Assure infrastructure-as-code is following standard security practices and achieves CIS compliance.
- Improves process efficiency by crafting and implementing creative and balanced changes to existing deployment methodologies.
- Experience with the analysis of underlying technologies that form the solution vital for the application of threat identification, analysis, and thread model design.
- The threat model depicts trust boundary, threat agent(s), threat vector(s), and safeguard(s) vital to protect person, asset, data, and the EnsembleHP brand.
- Work closely with functional-area architects, engineering, and Cybersecurity analysts throughout the company to ensure adequate security solutions and controls are in place throughout all IT systems, cloud systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements.
EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 to 5 years of related experience as a cybersecurity developer
- Associates Degree or Equivalent Experience
- Preferred certification of CompTIA Security+ or CISSP, or willingness to obtain
This position pays between $84,000-132,300 based on experience level.
Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
LI-LP1
LI-Remote
JOIN AN AWARD-WINNING COMPANY
Five-time winner of “Best in KLAS” 2020-2022, 2024-2025
Black Book Research's Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024
22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024
Leader in Everest Group's RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024
Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance 2020, 2022-2023
Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024
Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024
Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024
Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024
- Innovation
- Work-Life Flexibility
- Leadership
- Purpose + Values
Bottom line, we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:
- Associate Benefits – We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family, including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Our Culture – Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first, last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation.
- Growth – We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition – We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
Due to business, operational, payroll, and regulatory requirements, this position is limited to individuals who reside and are authorized to work within the United States. Applications generated from outside the United States will not be considered. Individuals may reapply when located within the United States.
Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process, please contact TA@ensemblehp.com.
This posting addresses state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role’s range.
Employment Disclaimers – Ensemble
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization in Cybersecurity
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree program's CIP code maps to an approved STEM OPT field. Information Security (11.1003) and Computer Science (11.0701) both qualify, but degrees labeled 'Information Systems' sometimes fall outside the eligible list, confirm with your DSO before you accept an offer.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting
Ask your recruiter for the company's E-Verify employer ID or look them up in the E-Verify employer search. Cybersecurity contractors and staffing firms frequently place candidates with end clients who aren't themselves enrolled, which can invalidate your STEM OPT authorization.
Target clearance-friendly roles with STEM OPT timelines
Many federal cybersecurity contractors require a security clearance that takes six to eighteen months to process. Filter for roles offering OPT sponsorship and parallel clearance initiation so the process starts on day one, not after your work authorization lapses.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified STEM OPT employers
Search Migrate Mate to identify cybersecurity employers whose E-Verify enrollment and STEM OPT hiring history are confirmed. This cuts the research step of cold-checking each company's compliance status before you apply.
Build your I-983 training plan around job duties
Your I-983 must list learning objectives tied directly to your cybersecurity role, generic descriptions get rejected by DSOs. Map each duty (vulnerability assessment, SIEM monitoring, incident response) to a specific skill your STEM degree was designed to develop.
File your extension early if an H-1B is pending
If you register for the H-1B lottery and aren't selected, cap-gap protection extends your STEM OPT automatically through September 30. File your STEM OPT extension with USCIS at least 90 days before your initial OPT expires to avoid any gap in authorization.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which STEM degrees qualify me for the STEM OPT extension in cybersecurity?
Degrees in Computer Science, Information Security, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering are squarely eligible. The determining factor is your program's CIP code, not its title. Your DSO can confirm whether your specific code appears on the Department of Homeland Security's STEM Designated Degree Program List. If your degree is in a borderline field like Management Information Systems, verify the CIP code with your DSO before accepting a cybersecurity offer.
Does my cybersecurity employer have to be enrolled in E-Verify?
Yes. E-Verify enrollment is a hard requirement for STEM OPT employers, no exceptions. Before you sign an offer, ask the recruiter for the company's E-Verify employer ID number and verify it directly in the E-Verify employer search. Cybersecurity staffing agencies and consulting firms sometimes place workers with end clients who aren't themselves enrolled, which would disqualify your extension even if the staffing firm is compliant.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a cybersecurity role?
The I-983 requires a written training plan signed by both you and your employer that connects your daily job duties to the skills and knowledge from your STEM degree. For cybersecurity, this means listing specific activities like network penetration testing, log analysis, or security architecture design alongside the academic competencies each activity develops. Vague descriptions referencing only job titles are routinely sent back by DSOs for revision.
How does cap-gap protection work if I'm on STEM OPT and register for H-1B?
If your STEM OPT is active when an H-1B petition is filed on your behalf for the October 1 start date, cap-gap automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 even if your EAD expires before then. You don't file anything separately, USCIS records the extension when the petition is received. If your H-1B isn't selected in the lottery, your STEM OPT resumes until its original expiration date, provided you filed the extension before your initial OPT ended.
Where can I find cybersecurity employers who actively hire STEM OPT students?
Migrate Mate lists cybersecurity roles from employers whose E-Verify enrollment and STEM OPT hiring activity are verified, so you aren't cold-checking compliance for every application. You can also cross-reference the O*NET profile for cybersecurity analyst and information security roles to identify the occupational categories employers use when filing, which helps you filter job listings more accurately.