Principal Software Engineer – Terraform

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains applications for deployment, monitoring and operations, troubleshoots and resolves issues within AWS environments, including network, security, storage, and compute-related problems
• Drive & lead technical decisions, design discussions, review artifacts and implementation of the platform / services
• Ensure Well-architected principles and engineering best practices are followed to build a secure, high-performing, resilient  and scalable services
• Automate routine operational tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability in day-to-day operations
• Implement security best practices to keep data safe and control who can access resources
• Manage code deployment and release via GitHub actions / Jenkins and help in troubleshooting issues with existing CI/CD pipeline
• Guide the team development efforts towards successful project delivery
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• 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:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in Application support and Maintenance
• 5+ years of professional experience in AWS or other cloud architecture
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud Infrastructure and services
• 3+ hands on Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• 3+ years of programming in Python
• Solid experience in CI/CD pipelines and integration with in GitHub Actions / Jenkins
• Experience in designing / integrating REST APIs with third-party services
• Solid knowledge of cloud security practices and AWS IAM roles/policies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernates and Docker container images.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (e.g. security, privacy, HIPAA etc.)

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.