Senior Architect – Infrastructure

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

Optum’s SITE organization is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join a highly visible and dynamic team with responsibilities to assess, plan, and deliver IT integration services to our customers.

As a key member of this team, you will help architect the IT infrastructure integration of newly acquired companies, minimizing business disruption and ensuring the company is maximizing the value of acquisition through integration.

In this role, you will partner with Engagement Managers/Integration Leads and be responsible for understanding the business and technical requirements of the engagement.  You will translate the business and technical requirements into solutions and level-of-effort estimates for implementing those solutions. Architects will be in a consultative role with the Business and Application/DevOps teams, anticipating their needs and applying the benefit of previous experience and expertise to the engagement. The Architect will lead the overall technical solution from definition to start of implementation while collaborating with other team members and departments to support solutioning.

Critical Competencies for Success:

• The Architect will communicate effectively and quickly gain the trust of the audience based on knowledge and expertise. Architects have solid business/technical acumen and consistently strive to exceed expectations. The Architect is described as forward thinking, strategic, collaborative, and determined. You are a self-starter, possess integrity and take ownership when things don’t go as planned. Finally, you welcome challenges and make the most of opportunities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead technologist for the integration, responsible for the technical success of each business partner integration program
• Influence internal Optum Infrastructure Teams to adapt services and processes to better meet integration requirements
• Present to Business/IT teams on Optum’s infrastructure and hosting services and identify the benefits of hosting and/or integrating with Optum
• Provide thoughtful and innovative solutions to complex technical problems
• Consider options, design, estimate and communicate solutions and recommendations that meet customer needs and are in alignment with business and IT goals/objectives
• Produce documentation such as high-level architecture diagrams to support recommended solutions
• Provide reliable and trusted points of view of relatable customer integrations. For example, how other customers with similar needs have succeeded in their integrations
• Maintain technical knowledge of current and emerging technologies/products/trends related to security and architectural solutions
• Work effectively in a diverse organization spread across multiple locations
• 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:

• B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent
• 4+ years of leadership and IT business integration architecture experience in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment
• Broad IT background with knowledge in various technologies, hosting platforms and concepts/methodologies (Not all are required)
• Technologies
  • Compute, Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Firewalls, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring, Edge Security, User Productivity Integration, Desktop technologies, Application Hosting, Call Centers and M365
• Hosting Platforms
  • Cloud (Azure/AWS)
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • Private Cloud
• Concepts/Methodologies
  • CI/CD, DevOps, Agile Methodologies, Multi-Tier Architecture
• Familiar with various security/regulatory processes including standards & issues involved in multi-tier cloud or hybrid applications
• Ability to discuss cloud architecture and principles of modern platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure, etc.
• Highly motivated with proven success meeting commitments in a deadline-driven environment with multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to influence opinion without direct managerial control
• Strategic and critical thinking mindset while maintaining a Customer focused perspective
• Proven crisp, articulate written and verbal communication skills

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.