Director - Infrastructure Engineering

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive and be accountable for technical delivery and work with your team on strategy and execution
• Be an active member of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders within the organization
• Grow the technical expertise of the team
• Build trusting relationships with key business stakeholders to align/influence business and IT architecture
• Drive organizational culture change and mindset shifts by articulating a compelling vision and effectively galvanizing change agents
• Develop and deploy innovative AI solutions to various business problems. You will have the opportunity to learn and apply some of the most cutting-edge AI technologies as well as interact with the business stakeholders
• Stay up to date with the latest AI and machine learning technologies and trends
• Develop and maintain Solid relationships with stakeholders, customers, and partners internally and externally
• Design & implement redundancy and fail-over strategies
• Monitor and maintain database health, performance and security
• Participate in capacity management, expansion and growth planning
• Develop and document best practices for maintenance, monitoring, migration, and fail-over strategies
• Drive Thought Leadership
• Vulnerability resolution + Leadership Reporting
• 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

Qualifications - External

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 15+ years of industry experience in handling Infrastructure Operations for large scale GCC’s or Clients
• Experience with cloud-native environments and ecosystems (Azure Must, AWS/GCI preferred)
• Solid experience in a leadership role on Azure Cloud Implementation (Design, Build, Run & Mature)
• Fair experience in driving automation & optimization
• IT leadership experience
• Enterprise Architecture understanding (Network, Security, Migrations & Acquisitions etc.)
• Proven track record in successfully leading multiple cross-functional teams across geos and time zones. Expectation will be to operate in an overlapping duration with teams in US & other global locations
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a global team with a positive team spirit
• Proven ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven exceptional communication skills and experience presenting to a C-level audience
• Strong experience on Database Technologies (No SQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL Cassandra etc.) 
• Demonstrated exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach. Ability to identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges
• Ability to work in H4 Site at Hyderabad location (II550)

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.