The Role
Design, implement, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and workloads; ensure security, reliability, scalability, and cost management; build CI/CD and IaC solutions; troubleshoot issues; create disaster recovery plans; document best practices and mentor team members.
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Requisition Number: 2347785
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.
Azure Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based applications and solutions using Microsoft Azure.
Primary Responsibilities:
User Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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.
Azure Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based applications and solutions using Microsoft Azure.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design & Develop: Create and deploy Azure cloud-based solutions
- Maintenance: Monitor and maintain existing Azure infrastructure and workloads
- Security: Ensure the security, performance, reliability, and scalability of Azure applications and infrastructure
- Troubleshooting: Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure issues
- Collaboration: Work closely with developers to implement continuous delivery systems and methodologies on Azure
- Documentation: Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance
- Training: Provide guidance, training, and mentorship to other team members on Azure technology and solutions
- Disaster Recovery: Develop and implement disaster recovery plans
- Cost Management: Assist in the development of cost management strategies for Azure usage
User Responsibilities:
- Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks. Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation
- 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 or advanced degree in a related technical field
- 7+ years of IT experience
- 5+ years of Azure Cloud Services and DevOps experience
- 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet)
- 4+ years of experience with Docker and container orchestration (Azure Kubernetes)
- 4+ years of experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Sonar, CodeQL, etc.
- 4+ years of experience with monitoring tools and technologies (Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic)
- Experience designing and implementing Azure Cloud infrastructure and services including Azure Container Apps, VNet with subnets, Private Endpoints for SQL MI, Cosmos/Mongo, Storage, GitHub for repos, CI/CD, container image scanning, secret scanning, Azure AD (SSO), Key Vault, Azure App Gateway, Azure Load Balancers and Private Endpoints
- Azure Security Tools: Proficiency with Azure Security tools including Azure Security Centre, Azure Active Directory, Azure Key Vault, and other Azure services
- Vulnerability Management: Proven ability to execute vulnerability scans and security assessments, and implement remediation measures
- Secure Coding Practices: Proven ability to ensure secure coding practices are followed in development
- Regulatory Compliance: Proven ability to implement regulatory compliance controls for Azure infrastructure
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on scripting experience with one or more of YAML, JSON, PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Infrastructure engineering and automation experience
- Good knowledge of SRE principles
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in a related technical field
- 7+ years of IT experience
- 5+ years of Azure Cloud Services and DevOps experience
- 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet)
- 4+ years of experience with Docker and container orchestration (Azure Kubernetes)
- 4+ years of experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Sonar, CodeQL
- 4+ years of experience with monitoring tools and technologies (Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic)
- Experience designing and implementing Azure Cloud infrastructure and services including Azure Container Apps, VNet/subnets, Private Endpoints, SQL MI, Cosmos/Mongo, Storage, CI/CD, container image and secret scanning, Azure AD, Key Vault, App Gateway, Load Balancers
- Proficiency with Azure security tools including Azure Security Centre, Azure Active Directory, Azure Key Vault
- Proven ability to execute vulnerability scans, security assessments, and implement remediation
- Proven ability to ensure secure coding practices are followed in development
- Proven ability to implement regulatory compliance controls for Azure infrastructure
- Hands-on scripting experience with one or more of YAML, JSON, PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Infrastructure engineering and automation experience
- Good knowledge of SRE principles
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO accrues each pay period with eight paid U.S. holidays plus a floating holiday, and generous time away is consistently emphasized. This breadth supports planned and unplanned time off beyond standard vacation days.
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Parental & Family Support — Six weeks of paid parental leave, up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave, Bright Horizons back‑up care, and adoption assistance signal strong family-oriented support. EAP access with counseling sessions further extends help to employees and their households.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability, Calm app membership, tuition reimbursement, commuter and FSA accounts, and broad employee discounts expand everyday wellbeing resources. Free or low‑cost virtual visits complement these lifestyle supports.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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