Senior Software Engineering Lead

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

Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.

These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways. Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others
• 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:

• BTech, MCA
• 7+ years of experience in Azure cloud development and management - experience with AWS, GCP is a plus
• 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Terraform
• 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and concepts (e. g. Azure Pipelines, Jenkins. )
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools, such as Splunk, Azure Monitor and Application Insights
• Proven excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Solid scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or similar languages
• Proficiency in at least 3 of these Azure Services (Azure Functions, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure Networking, Azure Security and Azure Database)
• Solid working knowledge of container-based infrastructure on Azure (e. g. Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, etc. )
• Cloud Infrastructure and Services Expertise: Proficiency in Microsoft Azure services, including virtual machines, app services, databases, and networking. Experience with Azure-specific tools like Azure Resource Manager and Azure Kubernetes Service
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Experience with automating the software delivery process using tools like Git, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Services, Octopus Deploy and skills in scripting deployment tasks and managing build processes are crucial
• Configuration Management: Knowledge of tools like Chef, Terraform to manage and automate infrastructure
• Scripting and Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python
• Monitoring and Logging: Experience with monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Application Insights to ensure system reliability and performance
• Security Best Practices: Understanding of cybersecurity measures, including vulnerability assessments and risk management

Preferred Qualification:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

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.