The Role
Leads the design, development, and operation of resilient cloud-native platform services. Responsibilities include Kubernetes and OpenShift engineering, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps, observability, reliability, security, cost optimization, incident response, automation, and production support. The role also mentors engineers, reviews code, establishes platform standards, and influences technical direction for developer experience and operational excellence.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2374801
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:
- Partner with engineering teams to design, build and operate resilient cloud-native platform services
- Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and cloud-native services
- Engineer and operate Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, service mesh, ingress, secrets and platform networking
- Build and enhance CI/CD and GitOps workflows using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins or ArgoCD
- Implement observability using metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, SLOs, SLIs and error budgets
- Drive platform reliability, scalability, security, compliance and cost optimization
- Automate operational workflows and eliminate manual toil using Python, Go or Bash
- Lead production incident response, root cause analysis and preventive engineering improvements
- Review code, mentor engineers and contribute to platform engineering standards
- Influence technical direction for platform reliability, operational excellence and developer experience
- Mentor junior engineers
- 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, machine Learning, or related field or equivalent certification
- 6+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering or Software Engineering
- Hands-on Kubernetes/OpenShift and container ecosystem experience
- Experience with AWS, Azure and/or GCP
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible or Infrastructure as Code
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace)
- Experience with incident management, production support and operational excellence
- Solid Linux, networking and distributed systems fundamentals
- Programming proficiency in Python, Go, Java or similar
Preferred Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP)
- Experience implementing GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux
- Experience with platform security, policy-as-code and FinOps
- Healthcare or regulated industry experience
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 degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field, or equivalent certification
- 6+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Software Engineering
- Hands-on Kubernetes, OpenShift, and container ecosystem experience
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or Infrastructure as Code
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Datadog, or Dynatrace
- Experience with incident management, production support, and operational excellence
- Solid Linux, networking, and distributed systems fundamentals
- Programming proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or similar
- 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Experience building Internal Developer Platforms
- Experience implementing GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux
- Experience with platform security, policy-as-code, and FinOps
- Healthcare or regulated industry experience
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave (six weeks), paid caregiver leave (up to two weeks), Bright Horizons back-up care, and adoption assistance up to $10,000 are prominently included. Feedback suggests these family supports meaningfully aid work-life balance and are often highlighted as strengths.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is available to all employees, including part-time staff, alongside other financial protections like disability and life insurance. Feedback suggests broad access and matching make retirement support a core pillar of the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan offers discounted company stock, with some roles also eligible for sign-on or performance bonuses. Feedback suggests the ESPP is a standout financial perk that helps employees build ownership over time.
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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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