Senior DevOps Engineer

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:

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitOps (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Atlantis, etc.)  to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to automate and streamline processes
• Monitor and maintain infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security for various cloud metrics (Splunk, Datadog, Cloud Watch)
• Implement and manage containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes using JFrog Artifactory
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments
• Optimize system performance and ensure application scalability, reliability and availability
• Drive security best practices to ensure compliance to Cloud Vulnerabilities by using tools like SonarQube, CodeQL etc.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to drive innovation in DevSecOps
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices to continuously improve our DevSecOps processes
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, system administration, or a related field
• Expert in Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitOps (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Atlantis, etc.)  to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS / Azure / Google Cloud
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and either of Bash / PowerShell
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system architecture
• Proven excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Proven solid communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Scripting Experience (Shell Scripting, PowerShell, Python etc.)
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus / Grafana / ELK stack, or Splunk
• Knowledge of RDBMS

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.

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