DevOps Engineer - Azure

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, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous integration, testing, and deployment across environments
• Automate build, deployment, configuration, and release processes to shorten delivery cycles and improve reliability
• Act as a liaison between development and operations teams, improving collaboration and operational readiness of applications
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code and deployment automation to ensure scalable, repeatable environments
• Maintain and enhance cloud and platform infrastructure, ensuring stability, availability, and scalability
• Monitor systems and applications, troubleshoot production issues, and support incident resolution to maintain service reliability
• Continuously improve DevOps practices aligned with Agile delivery models and enterprise engineering standards
• Maintain solid working knowledge of development processes, tooling, and programming/scripting languages relevant to DevOps
• 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:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience
• Solid hands-on experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD, automation, and version control
• Experience working with cloud platforms and infrastructure automation (e.g., IaaS / PaaS concepts, infrastructure as code)
• Experience supporting production systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement 
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile methods, and operational support models
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages used for automation and tooling (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross functional teams and communicate effectively with engineering and operations stakeholders

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.

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