The Role
Designs and maintains infrastructure automation, monitoring, databases, messaging clusters, container platforms, and CI/CD workflows. Manages Chef cookbooks, RabbitMQ, InfluxDB, MySQL, Grafana, Nomad, and telemetry services while optimizing performance, capacity, reliability, and availability. Develops Ruby-based telemetry applications, builds dashboards and alerts, and participates in on-call incident response. The role requires five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience and supports U.S.-based telecommuting.
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Requisition Number: 2394503
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - 2394503
EMPLOYER: Optum Services, Inc.
JOB TITLE: Senior Site Reliability Engineer
LOCATION: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)
DUTIES: Design, develop, and maintain Chef cookbooks to automate the installation, upgrade, and configuration of infrastructure and monitoring components, including Telegraf, InfluxDB, Dynatrace OneAgent, and RabbitMQ; administer and support multiple high volume RabbitMQ clusters, including underlying infrastructure configuration, capacity management, performance tuning, and availability; manage and maintain a large scale InfluxDB cluster, including infrastructure provisioning, performance optimization, data retention, and reliability; manage multiple MySQL database clusters supporting core services, including monitoring, maintenance, and operational stability; administer and maintain multiple Grafana instances, including configuration, upgrades, and integration with telemetry data sources; operate, configure, and support HashiCorp Nomad container platform, including its supporting services such as HAProxy, HashiCorp Consul, and HashiCorp Vault; develop and maintain Grafana dashboards and alerting configurations to monitor server, container, and application health and performance; create and maintain automated CI/CD and operational workflows using GitHub Actions to support system reliability and deployment processes; develop and maintain Rubybased applications and services supporting the telemetry (metric) transport pipeline; and participate in an on-call rotation to respond to system incidents, troubleshoot issues, and ensure service availability. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or related field and 5 years of progressive, post baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Engineer-related occupation.
Position requires 5 (five) years of experience in the following:
* Write and maintain Chef Infra cookbooks or other automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Salt;
* Time-series platforms like Telegraf, InfluxDB Prometheus, Thanos, Mimir, TimescaleDB, Graphite, or OpenTSDB;
* Code using a high-level programming language like Ruby, Sinatra or Rails;
* Git or GitHub;
* Container technologies like Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, or OpenShift;
* SRE concepts;
* Utilize Linux skills like Red Hat or CentOS; and
* Data visualization Grafana or Kibana.
RATE OF PAY: $149,510- $183,834 per year
Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2394503
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - 2394503
EMPLOYER: Optum Services, Inc.
JOB TITLE: Senior Site Reliability Engineer
LOCATION: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)
DUTIES: Design, develop, and maintain Chef cookbooks to automate the installation, upgrade, and configuration of infrastructure and monitoring components, including Telegraf, InfluxDB, Dynatrace OneAgent, and RabbitMQ; administer and support multiple high volume RabbitMQ clusters, including underlying infrastructure configuration, capacity management, performance tuning, and availability; manage and maintain a large scale InfluxDB cluster, including infrastructure provisioning, performance optimization, data retention, and reliability; manage multiple MySQL database clusters supporting core services, including monitoring, maintenance, and operational stability; administer and maintain multiple Grafana instances, including configuration, upgrades, and integration with telemetry data sources; operate, configure, and support HashiCorp Nomad container platform, including its supporting services such as HAProxy, HashiCorp Consul, and HashiCorp Vault; develop and maintain Grafana dashboards and alerting configurations to monitor server, container, and application health and performance; create and maintain automated CI/CD and operational workflows using GitHub Actions to support system reliability and deployment processes; develop and maintain Rubybased applications and services supporting the telemetry (metric) transport pipeline; and participate in an on-call rotation to respond to system incidents, troubleshoot issues, and ensure service availability. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or related field and 5 years of progressive, post baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a Engineer-related occupation.
Position requires 5 (five) years of experience in the following:
* Write and maintain Chef Infra cookbooks or other automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Salt;
* Time-series platforms like Telegraf, InfluxDB Prometheus, Thanos, Mimir, TimescaleDB, Graphite, or OpenTSDB;
* Code using a high-level programming language like Ruby, Sinatra or Rails;
* Git or GitHub;
* Container technologies like Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, or OpenShift;
* SRE concepts;
* Utilize Linux skills like Red Hat or CentOS; and
* Data visualization Grafana or Kibana.
RATE OF PAY: $149,510- $183,834 per year
Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2394503
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or a related field
- Five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or an engineering-related occupation
- Five years of experience writing and maintaining Chef Infra cookbooks or automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Salt
- Five years of experience with time-series platforms such as Telegraf, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Thanos, Mimir, TimescaleDB, Graphite, or OpenTSDB
- Five years of experience coding with a high-level programming language such as Ruby, Sinatra, or Rails
- Five years of experience with Git or GitHub
- Five years of experience with container technologies such as Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, or OpenShift
- Five years of experience applying Site Reliability Engineering concepts
- Five years of Linux experience, including Red Hat or CentOS
- Five years of experience with data visualization tools such as Grafana or Kibana
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is generally described as decent or good, and many note it as a strong part of the package. Actual ability to take time off can depend on workload and team coverage.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with employer match and access to an employee stock purchase plan, which are highlighted as meaningful components of total rewards. These programs are consistently referenced among core benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and caregiver leave, along with adoption assistance, are publicly highlighted and viewed as notable elements of the package. Availability can be role-specific, but these supports contribute to overall breadth where offered.
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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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