The Role
Lead platform engineering efforts to build, deploy, operate, and automate multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters on-prem and in public clouds. Apply SRE and DevOps practices, automate infrastructure and application lifecycle with Terraform/GitOps, troubleshoot/scale running systems, support on-call and incident response, and build automation (including AI-driven agents) to improve reliability and operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2372425
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:
- Be a team player
- Understand DevOps model (end to end) & experience in automating the software dev/test/deployment lifecycle with continuous integration and continuous deployment
- Working with the rest of the team to deploy, maintain, and run a highly available, multi-tenant distributed system
- Automating both the infrastructure creation and the application deployment to that environment
- Supporting Linux systems internals and administration
- Build & maintain different flavors of Kubernetes clusters on-prem & public cloud
- Support application teams to address the issues faced
- Develop agents are automate the day to day work by adopting AI capabilities
- 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:
- Solid hands-on experience with DevOps tool chains and practices
- Experience in supporting Oncall and addressing war rooms, P1 & P2 tickets
- Experience with scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting actively running systems
- Working experience on any public cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP)
- Working experience with using AI tools
- Working experience with Linux Platforms
- Working experience on applying SRE concepts
- Automation working experience
- Development experience with the tools Terraform, GoLang, GitOps
- Working knowledge of managing different flavors of Kubernetes clusters on-prem & Public Clouds (AWS, AZURE & GCP)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes Administration
- On-prem Kubernetes Cluster
- AKS or EKS
- Knowledge of Life cycle management of Linux servers which includes Server provisioning, Build, Kick start, decommission and configuring servers using Configuration management tools like (ansible / Chef /Terraform)
- Expert in working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert in tools such as Monit, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana etc.
- Expert in scripting tools like shell & Python
- Expertise in leveraging Open Source Software technologies to solve business problems
- Skills to recommend solutions to host an application / designing the application hosting strategy
- Development skill to auto heal of system alerts
- Proven ability to address different customer on email/ chatops and one on one meetings/calls with customers
- Demonstrated solid cross-organizational collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Development experience on python or Go Lang
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
- Hands-on experience with DevOps toolchains and CI/CD practices
- Experience supporting on-call, war rooms, and P1/P2 incident response
- Experience scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting production systems
- Working experience with public cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP)
- Working experience using AI tools to assist operations
- Working experience with Linux platforms and server lifecycle management
- Experience applying SRE concepts
- Automation experience (infrastructure and application deployment)
- Development experience with Terraform, GoLang, and GitOps
- Knowledge and hands-on management of Kubernetes clusters on-prem and in public clouds (AKS, EKS)
- Kubernetes administration knowledge (on-prem clusters, AKS or EKS)
- Knowledge of Linux server lifecycle: provisioning, build, kickstart, decommission using config management (Ansible/Chef/Terraform)
- Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes
- Expertise with monitoring/logging tools such as Monit, ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana
- Expert scripting skills (shell and Python)
- Ability to leverage open source technologies to solve business problems
- Ability to design application hosting strategies and recommend hosting solutions
- Development skills to implement auto-healing for system alerts
- Proven experience communicating with customers via email, chatops, and meetings/calls
- Demonstrated cross-organizational collaboration skills
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Development experience in Python or Go
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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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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