Patrick J Ebensteiner
Sr Software Engineer
Burnsville,MN
Summary
Accomplished Sr Software Engineer and Governance & Compliance Lead at Optum, excelled in maturing enterprise security for critical Salesforce applications in a highly regulated environment, enhancing governance practices, and spearheading successful audit activities. Skilled in Salesforce Administration and adept at fostering business stakeholder relationships. Proven leadership in technology governance and communication significantly improved organizational security posture.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Sr Software Engineer, Governance & Compliance Lead
Optum
Jul 2017 - Current
- Implemented and matured an enterprise security product suite for over ~110 Salesforce production applications within the enterprise landscape. Product capabilities included logging, business continuity, security posture management, and code scanning, among others.
- Established enterprise best practices and security control compliance in alignment with eGRC policies for the Salesforce platform.
- Consulted enterprise business partners on improving overall security posture for internal and customer facing applications.
- Successfully fulfilled internal audit activities and performed on outstanding action plans.
- Monitored and reported governance and compliance information for over ~125 Salesforce applications within UHG/Optum.
- Executed Salesforce product delivery by providing development and consultancy services throughout Software Development Life Cycle.
- Managed team in Agile environment. Coordinated with business stakeholders, architects, developers, and others to develop solutions meeting business needs.
Sr Technology Development Program Assc.
Optum
05.2016 - 06.2017
- Supported clinical healthcare production SFDC environment of ~2.000 nationwide users in application enhancements, user support, and maintenance. Coordinated with third-party developers on required customization.
- Received Salesforce Administrator training and certification and internal professional consultancy training.
- Lead daily status calls coordinating between multiple critical IT business units reporting on quality assurance events.
- Monitored application logs and reported security events or system abnormalities.
Education
BBA - Management Information Systems
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN 09.2011 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN 09.2011 - 05.2016
Skills
- SaaS Governance & Security
- eGRC
- Presentation & Communication
- Salesforce Administration
Software
Salesforce Service/Sales Cloud
OwnBackup
Checkmarx
AppOmni
Splunk
Certification
ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Interests
Business Planning
RFID Programming
Timeline
ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
05-2024
Salesforce Platform App Builder
08-2019
Salesforce Advanced Administrator
01-2018
Sr Technology Development Program Assc.
Optum
05.2016 - 06.2017
BBA - Management Information Systems
University of Minnesota - Duluth
09.2011 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy
University of Minnesota - Duluth
09.2011 - 05.2016
Sr Software Engineer, Governance & Compliance Lead
Optum
Jul 2017 - Current
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