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UnitedHealth Group

Architect - Multiple Locations

Gurgaon, India

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Positions in this function are technologist, evangelist for technology transformation, hands-on expert, involved in developing the products built on microservice architecture with front end using Java fullstack, Java, Spring boot, MongoDB, Kafka, Kubernetes, Front end tools like Angular,React, Javascript, ES6, CSS3.

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Primary Responsibilities:

  • Provide Solution architecture for given business problems &plan and design the structure of a technology solution
  • Builds production ready features and capabilities with best engineering standards
  • Shares knowledge internally with peers and leaders and acts as an internal resource for teams and business units within their areas of expertise
  • Works with Sr Principal Engineer / Technical Architect to develop the prototype into production ready feature
  • Communicate system requirements to software development teams
  • Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
  • Oversee assigned programs (e.g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
  • Research, evaluate and develop POC's or POT as required
  • Present solutions in the architecture forum for approvals
  • Help the team with effort estimations and planning & guides and mentors junior engineers
  • Works with less structured, more complex issues & understanding of strategic IT solutions
  • 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:

  • 13 - 15 years of experience, of which at least 3 - 5 years of architecting and solutioning experience
  • 10+ years of combined Java / J2EE software development experience with Java, Spring framework, multi-threading, and caching techniques
  • Hands-on Engineer who leads by example with Developers and operates independently
  • Hands-on experience with front end tools like Angular, React, JavaScript and Typescript
  • Experience in detail design, implementation and deployment of scalable micro services using containers and container-orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes /OpenShift/Azure
  • Experience with cross browser development
  • Experience with event sourcing, streaming data, and complex event processing
  • Experience in building the data load back end services to load data into RDBMS databases
  • Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins and code management tools like GitHub
  • Experience in cloud technologies - Azure, Kubernetes
  • Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
  • Understanding of Azure cloud and services
  • Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps concepts
  • Good understanding of end to end flow from UI to database
  • Solid background in applications development methodologies, SDLC and other IT industry standards
  • Solid exposure to Kafka technologies
  • Ability to design patterns and performance optimization of services
  • Ability to make high level design choices for the software structure, frameworks, protocols, and algorithms
  • Demonstrated success in building design patterns, software engineering best practices and performance optimization of services using memory management, garbage collection
  • Passion for engineering and a consistent record of developing great software
  • Extraordinary communication and collaboration skills. Pragmatic and knows how to build

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Client-provided location(s): Gurugram, Haryana, India; Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Job ID: UHG-2058071
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • HSA
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Relocation Assistance
    • Performance Bonus
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • 401(K)
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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