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Cybersecurity Consultant roles qualify for STEM OPT when your degree falls under an eligible CIP code in computer science, information security, or a related field. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and the 24-month STEM OPT extension gives you up to 36 months total to build client-facing security experience while pursuing H-1B visa sponsorship.
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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 as a Cybersecurity Consultant
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's CIP code appears on the STEM Designated Degree Program List maintained by USCIS. Information security and computer science codes qualify, but some adjacent business or management programs do not, which affects your extension eligibility entirely.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask your recruiter for the employer's E-Verify Company ID before signing anything. Consulting firms that staff you to clients must be enrolled as the employer of record, not the end client, and many candidates miss this distinction until the I-983 filing stage.
Build certifications that signal H-1B specialty occupation
Credentials like CISSP, CEH, or Security+ document that your role requires theoretical and practical expertise beyond a general degree. Cybersecurity Consultant positions face specialty occupation scrutiny at H-1B filing, so employer-recognized certifications strengthen the petition before you even receive an offer.
Target consulting firms with established STEM OPT pipelines
Use Migrate Mate to filter Cybersecurity Consultant openings by employers with active STEM OPT hiring history. Firms that have structured I-983 training plans already in place move you to offer faster and handle DSO reporting cycles without friction.
Structure your I-983 training plan around billable deliverables
Generic training objectives get flagged during DSO review. Map your learning goals directly to client engagement outcomes, such as penetration testing milestones or compliance audit deliverables, so your Form I-983 reflects actual consulting work rather than classroom-style tasks.
File your H-1B registration before OPT cap-gap risk emerges
STEM OPT cap-gap protection extends your authorization through September 30 if your H-1B is filed before your EAD expires. Cybersecurity Consultant roles on multi-month client engagements need continuity of authorization, so confirm your employer's H-1B filing timeline during the offer negotiation itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a cybersecurity or information security degree qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, provided your degree's CIP code appears on the STEM Designated Degree Program List. Degrees in computer science, information assurance, cybersecurity, and network security typically qualify. Degrees in general business or management information systems may not, even if your coursework was technical. Confirm your specific CIP code with your DSO before applying for the extension, since USCIS ties eligibility to the code on your transcript, not the program title.
Does my consulting firm employer need to be enrolled in E-Verify even if I work at client sites?
Yes. E-Verify enrollment is required for your direct employer, meaning the consulting or staffing firm that issues your paycheck and W-2, not the end client where you perform the work. This distinction matters because many cybersecurity consultants are placed at financial institutions or government contractors whose own E-Verify status is irrelevant to your STEM OPT authorization. Verify the firm's E-Verify Company ID before signing your offer letter.
What goes into a valid I-983 training plan for a Cybersecurity Consultant role?
Your Form I-983 must identify the practical skills you will develop, the oversight structure your employer provides, and how the work relates to your STEM degree. For consulting roles, this means mapping training goals to specific deliverables such as vulnerability assessments, security architecture reviews, or compliance gap analyses rather than generic job duties. Your DSO and employer must both sign the plan, and the employer must submit a six-month evaluation during your extension period.
How does cap-gap protection work if my STEM OPT is still active when H-1B season begins?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your OPT EAD expires and USCIS receives it by April 1, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that year. For Cybersecurity Consultant roles on long-term client engagements, this continuity is critical. Your employer must confirm they will file in the regular cap season, since cap-exempt filings do not trigger cap-gap protection.
Where should I look for Cybersecurity Consultant jobs with employers who support STEM OPT?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for STEM OPT students and surfaces Cybersecurity Consultant roles at employers already enrolled in E-Verify. You can filter by employer type and hiring history so you spend your time on firms that have successfully onboarded STEM OPT students before, rather than educating recruiters about the program from scratch during early-stage interviews.