The Role
Design, deploy, and operate scalable, secure Azure-based data and analytics infrastructure (Data Lake, Databricks, ADF). Implement CI/CD with Terraform, GitHub/Jenkins, ARM/PowerShell automation, monitor with Azure Monitor/Application Insights/Log Analytics, administer Power BI, enforce governance/security (RBAC, Key Vault, IAM), and support production incidents and operational readiness.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2370788
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:
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and manage high-availability Azure cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability and security
- Design data lake patterns with Azure Data Lake Storage gen 2
- Implement and monitor Azure resources including virtual networks, storage, and Azure Active Directory
- Build an extensible Environment and manage VMs, VM scale sets, containers analytics compute environment with Azure Data bricks that can used directly by the end user as well as integrated with additional components like Power BI
- Implement Azure governance and security practices, including RBAC, policies, Managing Cluster and Azure Security Center
- Manage pipelines for CI/CD and Release Management workflows / GitHub-Jenkins integration and deployment through Terraform
- Administer Power BI including user access, data security, and performance
- Cloud monitoring Experience with Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, and Log Analytics and cost monitoring of Workspace or other open-source tools
- Prioritize modularity, reusability, and componentization of solutions
- Work collaboratively with a distributed cross org team of engineers, architects, and data analysts
- Support products that are live in the cloud by building monitoring and testing tooling, responding to real time customer reported incidents, monitoring for errors and performance impacting events, and defining best practices for operational readiness
- This role will habitually interact with internal and external customers on security-related projects and operational tasks
- 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:
- 7+ years of experience with Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work independently as well as with a team
- 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
- 3+ years of experience with Data bricks on Azure
- 3+ years of experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- 3+ years of experience with Terraform
- 3+ years of experience doing analytics platform/infrastructure work
- Experience with PowerShell, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps for automation
- Experience of working on Azure key vault/Kubernetes secrets/Hashicorp vault
- Experience with a range of Azure native monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling: Activity Log, Network Monitoring, Security Center, Log Analytics, Metrics Explorer, etc
- Experience designing security, performance, and operational monitoring and alerting systems and processes
- Experience with open-source monitoring and operations tools
- Experience in support/operations/monitoring role
- Experience and understanding of modern Identity & Access Management concepts and best practices
Preferred Qualifications:
- ITIL v3 certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure certification is a plus
- Experience with Power BI Administration
- Experience working in Windows/Unix/Linux environments
- Experience integrating with disparate data sources (EPIC, Hadoop, Oracle, etc.)
- Experience in migrating existing on-prem product to cloud
- Healthcare IT experience with compliance such as HIPAA and/or HITRUST, experience with security controls
- Expert of formal architecture, design patterns and best practices for Azure cloud services
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
- 7+ years of experience with excellent written and verbal communication
- 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
- 3+ years of experience with Azure Databricks
- 3+ years of experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- 3+ years of experience with Terraform
- 3+ years doing analytics platform/infrastructure work
- Experience with PowerShell, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps for automation
- Experience working with Azure Key Vault, Kubernetes secrets, or HashiCorp Vault
- Experience with Azure monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics)
- Experience designing security, performance, and operational monitoring and alerting systems
- Experience in support/operations/monitoring role
- Experience and understanding of modern Identity & Access Management concepts and best practices
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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