Software 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 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:

• Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and so ware that meet business requirements
• Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure that technical solutions align with architectural principles, design patterns, and enterprise security requirements
• Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns
• Automate repetitive tasks (TOIL), monitor applica ons, simplify work practices, define metrics, and ensure the operational quality of applications
• Manage security controls at the platform level to enable secure, efficient, and policy-compliant operations
• Collaborate with multiple partner teams to communicate information security guidance and standards and reduce information security risks

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team to improve their skills and knowledge

• 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

"Join the Enterprise Technology Infrastructure Platform Services ( ETIPS ) team, driving innovation and reliability across core systems."

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience as a software development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for produc on systems
• 2+ years of experience working with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, beyond basic IaaS func onality
• 2+ years of experience programming in at least one high-level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.)
• 2+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC)
• 2+ years of experience with containers and orchestra on pla orms, such as Kubernetes
• 2+ years of experience in automa ng CI/CD using Jenkins [Pipeline as Code], GitHub ac ons,or similar tools, along with proficiency in source control systems such as Git
• 1+ years of experience with Agile/lean development prac ces as a leader

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.