Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Caring. Connecting. Growing Together.

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.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain Azure-based infrastructure using Terraform, including AKS, Azure Container Apps, VNETs, NSGs, Key Vault, and Storage Accounts
• Support the ongoing application migration effort across multiple AWS accounts, ensuring consistency, security, and automation best practices
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, enabling frequent and reliable deployments
• Deploy and manage containerized applications with Docker and orchestrate using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Collaborate with Security and Engineering to remediate vulnerabilities in infrastructure and pipelines
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance platform reliability, performance, and observability using tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Splunk
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks
• Automate repetitive tasks and improve operational efficiency through scripts and infrastructure tooling
• Maintain and continuously improve documentation of deployment practices, cloud configurations, and operational runbooks
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation to support production environments, troubleshoot incidents, and perform root cause analysis

What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group? Put it all together - competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)

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

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 5+ years of experience in production DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineer role
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Azure Cloud, including AKS, Container Apps, Azure Pipelines, and IAM
• 3+ years of experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and EKS in a production
• 3+ years of experience in deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (HashiCorp)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience managing containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
• Experience with source control tools such as Git, GitHub, or GitLab
• Strong background in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (or similar like Azure DevOps/Jenkins)
• Understanding of cloud networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers, VNETs, NSGs)
• Background with Linux Administration experience
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Knowledge of observability/monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Splunk, Dynatrace, etc.)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in agile team environments

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Groups 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, youll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 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.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and incomedeserves 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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