DevOps Engineer - IAM Cloud

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.

IAM Cloud Engineering team at UHG specializes in developing capabilities that enable our cloud enterprise applications and protects access to our cloud assets, data and services. 

As a member of this innovative agile team, you will collaborate with others to maintain and optimize these capabilities to secure our growing dynamic cloud computing environments.  Engineers on this team will work with many popular vendor and open-source technologies, internally developed applications and cloud native services. You will be challenged to provide technical and thought leadership and to succeed in this role, you need to be eager to learn, able to work through ambiguity, problem solve and communicate effectively.

We are looking for a security-focused DevOps engineer that is a self-starter and demonstrates a solid understanding of the impact of their work.  One who is continuously looking for opportunities to simplify and optimize cloud IAM technologies and processes.

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 office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

What you will do:

• Define and develop solutions to enforce least privilege access policies  
• Implement and manage access controls, including role-based access control (RBAC)   
• Monitoring, logging, and analyzing system performance using Azure operations suite to maintain system health and optimize costs  
• Develop and implement disaster recovery and data backup strategies and solutions to maintain business continuity  
• Collaborate with development teams to enable CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment using Azure services  
• Establish and maintain cloud identity governance frameworks  
• Develop and maintain guardrails to enforce/measure IAM cloud compliance with regulatory requirements  
• Conduct periodic access reviews and monitor user activity  
• Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives  
• Advise on best practices for cloud security, reliability, and scalability  
• Drive innovation and discovery efforts around new Azure features and services  
• Participates in the development of prototypes and large-scale proof of concepts  
• Maintain knowledgeable around current application security controls  

You will be rewarded and recognized 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.

What you will bring:

If you don't meet every single requirement, don't let that hold you back - we're just as excited about potential as we are about qualifications and experience, and you could be exactly who we're looking for.

• Proven solid hands-on experience in deploying and operating resources in Azure and AWS 
• Demonstrated solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and experience working with CI/CD technologies such as git and Terraform 
• Proven solid hands-on experience with Azure Identity and Access Management concepts and security frameworks  
• Proven solid hands-on experience with Entra ID and Entra Connect Sync 
• Demonstrated solid hands-on experience in developing and managing Organization policies  
• Proven experience with federation technologies and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC, etc.
• Proven ample experience operating with cloud platforms, APIs and event-driven automation 
• Demonstrated proficiency with popular scripting and programming language frameworks such as Python, Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, Microsoft Graph API, Shell Scripting languages 
• Demonstrated passion for innovation and enjoyment of the challenges of creating something new
• Proven technical and thought leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate with others to successfully deliver large, complex initiatives
• Demonstrated solid written and verbal communication skills 

Other useful skills and experience include:

• Certifications in CompTIA Security+, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, Azure Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Security (Specialty), CCSP or similar 
• Proven previous experience working in/with AWS Identity and Access Management, multi-factor authentication, user provisioning, service principal governance/management, privileged Identity management (PIM), single sign-on (SSO), domain management 
• Proven experience in Cloud IAM functionality across multiple public cloud services (IAM Roles, Permissions and Policies)  
• Demonstrated ability to implement and manage Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) to meet organizational access and security objectives  
• Demonstrated advocacy for CI/CD and DevOps best practices 
• Demonstrated fundamental understanding of PHI/PII data and the restrictions around it using limited data sets/de-identified data for analysis/development and testing where applicable

What We Offer:

• Opportunities for professional development  
• Inclusive and supportive team culture  
• Key benefits: Private health insurance, wellness programs, matching pension contribution, lunch provided by the company, training opportunities, employee donations matching and others

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.  

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.


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. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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