Senior DevOps Engineer – GCP, Healthcare

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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the implementation of DevOps best practices for a cutting-edge healthcare application deployed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role will be instrumental in integrating AI-driven automation and managing a Modular Cloud Platform (MCP) architecture to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineers, architects, and security experts to drive innovation and operational excellence in a regulated healthcare environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure & MCP Architecture
• Architect and manage scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure on GCP, leveraging services like Cloud SQL, GKE, and VPC
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to standardize and automate deployments
• Design and maintain MCP architecture for modular, reusable cloud components
• DevOps Automation & CI/CD
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or Jenkins to support continuous integration and delivery
• Implement advanced deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling updates) to ensure zero-downtime releases
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment workflows
• AI Integration & Observability
• Integrate AI/ML models to enhance predictive monitoring, anomaly detection, and auto-remediation
• Deploy and manage observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Splunk for real-time insights
• Security & Compliance
• Enforce cloud security best practices including IAM, encryption, and network segmentation
• Embed automated security checks into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, and other healthcare regulations
• Collaboration & Support
• Provide expert-level support for production incidents and participate in on-call rotations
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures

• Document architecture and operational procedures for transparency and consistency

   

• 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
• 8+ years in IT with 5+ years of experience in cloud platforms (GCP; AWS/Azure a plus)
• 3+ years of experience in designing and managing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure
• Solid experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and scripting (Python, Bash)
• Proven expertise in CI/CD pipeline development and DevOps toolchains

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in GCP, Kubernetes, or DevOps
• Experience with multi-cloud environments and large-scale deployments
• Experience in healthcare or regulated industries
• Familiarity with SRE practices, GitOps, and auto-healing systems
• Proven solid communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

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.