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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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of the Optum Consumer Payment Network. You will leverage modern cloud technologies, raise engineering standards, and advance reliability while strengthening DevOps culture across engineering teams.  

This role is remote within the U.S. 

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Enable teams to define, measure, and meet reliability goals (SLIs/SLOs) by strengthening post-incident learning, reducing alert noise, and helping teams create and maintain quality runbooks
• Build and enhance shared observability capabilities (metrics, monitoring, logging, dashboards, and alerting) to support >99.95% availability for business-critical applications 
• Partner with software engineers across the organization to provide hands-on guidance by establishing patterns for engineering excellence initiatives (CI/CD, Infrastructure as code, zero-downtime deployments, automated remediation)
• Use AI-assisted tooling to improve engineering productivity (e.g., improve deployment reliability, incident analysis, automation, and documentation)
• Provide 247 production support via a rotating on-call schedule
• You will be recognized for performance and support with development opportunities
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or IT related field
• 5 years of experience with DevOps, security best practices, CI/CD, infrastructure code (IaC) and observability (e.g., GitHub, Datadog, New Relic or Dynatrace, Terraform, PagerDuty) 
• 3 years of experience operating production applications in hybrid environments (on-premises and public cloud), including Kubernetes-based workloads, in enterprise-scale production environments
• 2 years of proficiency with a programming or scripting language for automation/tooling (e.g., .NET/C#, Java, Python, Go)
• 1 years of experience with AIOps or AI-powered coding and analysis tools for faster RCA, alert noise reduction and anomaly detection

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Working knowledge of cloud networking, cloud security, containerization, disaster recovery, centralized logging, and monitoring
• Experience with cloud security controls such as DDoS protection, vulnerability management, and patching
• Experience with payment industry standards, protocols, and security best practices
• Strong foundation in Linux and/or Windows operating systems and troubleshooting tools

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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