Senior Software Engineer I – Devops AWS

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. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• CI/CD Pipeline Management
  • Design, implement, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
  • Automate testing, building, and deployment processes to ensure rapid and reliable software delivery
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Use tools like Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure programmatically
  • Maintain version-controlled infrastructure for consistency and scalability
• Monitoring and Logging
  • Set up and manage monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) to ensure system health and performance
  • Implement alerting systems to proactively detect and resolve issues
• Cloud and Containerization
  • Deploy and manage applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Use containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Security and Compliance
  • Integrate security practices into the DevOps lifecycle (DevSecOps)
  • Conduct vulnerability scans, manage secrets, and ensure compliance with industry standards
• Collaboration and Support
  • Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline workflows
  • Provide support for development environments and troubleshoot deployment issues
• Performance Optimization
  • Analyze system performance and implement improvements to reduce latency and increase throughput
• 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.Tech/MCA (16+ years of formal education, correspondence courses are not relevant)
• 6+ years of work experience in Product companies
• Solid hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, etc.)
• Experience in deploying scalable solutions to complex problems, from defining the problem, implementing the solution, and launching the new product successfully
• Knowledge of Statistics, Machine Learning Models, Model Deployment, Generative AI
• Knowledge of networking concepts, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls
• Exposure to agile development process
• Proven proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
• Proven excellent communication, writing and presentation skills
• Desire to be proactive and work towards implementing

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect)
• Azure basic knowledge
• Familiarity with serverless architecture and tools (e.g., AWS Lambda, API Gateway)
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies

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.