Design, build, and maintain reliable, scalable Azure-based systems; implement monitoring, SLIs/SLOs, automation, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), and incident response; optimize availability and performance; produce runbooks and drive reliability, security, and disaster-recovery best practices.
Requisition Number: 2338258
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, build, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure systems on Azure Public Cloud
- Develop and implement monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions
- Define and track SLIs (Service Level Indicators), SLOs (Service Level Objectives), and manage error budgets
- Automate manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error
- Manage capacity planning and ensure infrastructure can handle growth
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve deployment pipelines
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for incidents and implement long-term fixes
- Optimize system availability, latency, and performance
- Create and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and documentation for reliability practices
- Drive best practices in change management, security, and disaster recovery
- 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 technical field OR equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of relevant professional work experience
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure)
- Experience with monitoring and Observability tools (Prometheus, Splunk, SplunkOGrafana, ELK, Datadog, etc.)
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, containers (Docker, Container app,Git ,Git Action), and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Solid knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and networking fundamentals
- Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go, Java, Bash, etc.)
- Own reliability and operational health of services using:
- Azure App Gateway (WAF, routing, failover)
- Azure Container Apps or container-based workloads
- Proven ability to implement best practices for fault tolerance, autoscaling, and disaster recovery
- Proven solid problem-solving skills with a focus on incident response and troubleshooting
- Proven excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Work with cross-functional teams in engineering, operations, and product
- Be part of a 24/7 on-call rotation for critical services
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Architect, or Platform Engineering
- Exposure to distributed systems, microservices architecture, and large-scale applications
- Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards
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.
Top Skills
Azure,Azure App Gateway,Waf,Azure Container Apps,Prometheus,Splunk,Grafana,Elk,Datadog,Docker,Containers,Git,Github Actions,Terraform,Linux,Unix,Python,Go,Java,Bash,Ci/Cd
Similar Jobs at Optum
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
Define and maintain product and UI requirements for analytics solutions using clinical and claims data. Create functional/UI specifications, collaborate with stakeholders, develop test plans, validate data mappings and SQL logic, produce documentation, support testing and client requests, and build dashboards and visualizations using Power BI/Tableau.
Top Skills:
ErgPegPower Bi,Tableau,Figma,Sql,Athena,Databricks,Ms Office,Visio,Access,Hl7,Fhir,Cpt,Hcpcs,Icd-9,Icd-10,Ndc,Symmetry (EtgPrg),Impact Pro,Impact Intelligence,Asset
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
Review and validate payment requests, prepare and generate vendor payments in required formats, reconcile paid/unpaid invoices, produce AP reports and trackers using Excel (pivot tables), follow up on missing approvals, coordinate with onshore AP team, and maintain accurate records.
Top Skills:
Microsoft Excel,Peoplesoft,Concur,Premier Connect,Ariba,Coupa
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
Develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise Java-based cloud applications using microservices, UI frameworks (Angular/React), CI/CD, automation and application support practices. Collaborate globally and apply AI tools to improve delivery and quality.
Top Skills:
Java,J2Ee,Spring,Hibernate,Web Services,Jms,Kafka,Angular,React,Microservices,Cloud,Pl/Sql,Oracle,Linux,Jenkins,Ci/Cd,Selenium,Devops,Github Copilot,Microsoft 365 Copilot,Genai
What you need to know about the Chennai Tech Scene
To locals, it's no secret that South India is leading the charge in big data infrastructure. While the environmental impact of data centers has long been a concern, emerging hubs like Chennai are favored by companies seeking ready access to renewable energy resources, which provide more sustainable and cost-effective solutions. As a result, Chennai, along with neighboring Bengaluru and Hyderabad, is poised for significant growth, with a projected 65 percent increase in data center capacity over the next decade.
