Senior DevOps Engineer

Optum, the fast growing part of UnitedHealth Group, is a leading information and technology-enabled health services business. Our teams are dedicated to modernizing the health care system and improving the lives of people and communities.
 
Serving virtually every dimension of the health system, we work with a diverse set of clients across 150 countries – from those who diagnose and treat patients to those who pay for care, deliver health services, and those who supply the cures. Optum maintains operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Our innovative partnerships provide technology and tools that enable unprecedented collaboration and efficiency. As a result, we can tap into valuable health care data to uncover insights and develop strategies for better care at lower costs.

About the role

 At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.

At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.
Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone. 

Todays’ RCM is inherently complex due to opaque and payer-specific adjudication rules, incurring significant waste and inefficiency. Optum Insight is committed to delivering new technology and processes to improve the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) workflow using advances in Gen AI and other state-of-the-art technology that would ultimately benefit all stakeholders involved in the healthcare ecosystem — payers, providers, and patients

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin Or Letterkenny and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

 Primary Responsibilities:

• Data Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrate data platforms such as Databricks, Azure Machine Learning (AzureML), and Snowflake into the software development process, leveraging their capabilities for enhanced data analytics and processing.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Github Actions or equivalent, streamlining the software delivery process.
• Infrastructure as Code: Implement and manage infrastructure as code, automating deployment processes for increased efficiency and consistency.
• Pipeline Optimization: Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline issues, proactively identifying and implementing solutions to enhance pipeline performance.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with development teams to seamlessly integrate pipeline processes with their workflows, ensuring a smooth development lifecycle.
• Cloud Resource Management: Optimize cloud resources on Azure, including compute, storage, and networking, to support the software applications efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and enhance testing processes and tools to maintain the highest level of quality in delivered solutions.
• Technology Research: Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in the DevOps field, sharing relevant knowledge and insights with the team to drive innovation and improvement.

You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications 

• Linux Proficiency: Extensive experience in Linux system administration and support within enterprise IT or service provider environments.
• DevOps Expertise: Hands-on experience with IT operational automation, configuration management tools, and a strong understanding of DevOps practices, processes, and tools (e.g., Git, CI/CD, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins, etc.).
• Cloud Knowledge: Familiarity with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and a solid understanding of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Scripting Skills: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and Terraform.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in English are essential for effective collaboration and documentation.
• Self-Motivated: Self-motivated, resourceful, creative, innovative, and results-driven with strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Agile Experience: Experience in Agile development methodologies and a history of successful collaboration within cross-functional teams. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Containerization Proficiency: Experience in building containers using Dockerfiles, and familiarity with container build tools like Bazel.
• Kubernetes Deployment: Working knowledge of deploying applications within a Kubernetes cluster using Helm, streamlining the deployment process.
• Cloud Administration: Practical experience in administering applications within a public cloud environment, with a preference for Azure expertise.
• Monitoring and Logging Tools: Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana, Elasticsearch (ES), Kibana, etc., to enhance observability and troubleshooting.
• DevOps Expertise: Proven experience in software development and delivery using DevOps practices, further contributing to our culture of efficiency and automation.
• Data Science tooling exposure such as Spark, R Rtudio, Jupyter, Pytorch, SQL query exposure

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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