Principal Software Engineer/SRE - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) professional to drive reliability and secure software development across all critical applications in the Digital Consumer Engineering organization. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, and seamless operation of our digital consumer platforms. This role will play a critical part in driving operational excellence, system reliability, and security, ultimately contributing to our business growth and resilience.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership and Strategy:

• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement with a focus on improving stability, security and supportability of all digital properties
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to integrate best practices into all aspects of our products and platforms
• Find new ways to apply AI to security and reliability

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):

• Ensure minimal downtime and optimal performance of our systems through proactive risk threat modeling and mitigation
• Implement automation to reduce manual tasks and enhance operational efficiency
• Utilize key metrics (SLAs, SLOs, SLIs) to continuously improve system reliability and performance and prioritize work to improve the resilience and security of our most critical customer journeys

Security Operations (SecOps):

• Apply engineering to proactive threat detection and response to identify and mitigate security threats in real-time
• Foster collaboration between enterprise security, application teams, operations, and SREs to innovate and improve our proactive prevention capabilities
• Leverage automated security tools and processes to ensure consistent and robust protection across all systems

Technology Operations (TechOps):

• Ensure the stability, scalability, and resilience of our technology infrastructure, including hardware, software, and network operations
• Develop and maintain robust processes for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and maintenance
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, optimizing processes and accelerating technology delivery

You'll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of experience in AWS cloud software engineering, site reliability engineering and/or security or technology operations
• Proven track record of developing and implementing successful strategies in a global digital consumer environment
• Proven solid knowledge of infrastructure management, system monitoring, incident response, software engineering, and security frameworks at scale
• Demonstrated history of remediating technology infrastructure issues at root cause
• Experience with operational and security tools and technologies (e.g., monitoring systems, automation tools, SIEM, IDS/IPS)
• Proven excellent communication, influence, and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple high priorities situations simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Advanced degree
• Experience with Azure and/or GCP Cloud
• Vendor relationship management experience
• Residence in (or willingness to relocate to) the Minneapolis area

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $134,600 to $230,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.