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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to lead the design, coding, implementation, and maintenance of our code for cloud development. This role will be responsible for maintaining audit compliance, security hardening, and operational excellence.
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The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with a track record of working within multiple cloud service providers, driving automation and modernization initiatives, and ensuring compliance with internal and external audit requirements. A keen focus on providing high level customer service to our application team partners is required.
AI Expectations:
Will utilize AI tools and applications to perform tasks, make decisions and enhance their work and overall cloud migration velocity. Expected to use AI Powered software for data analysis, coding, and overall productivity.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of master images for use by complex cloud-based applications
- Mentor and guide a team of cloud programmers, providing technical leadership and support
- Develop documentation, procedures, and training materials
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and deliver high-quality solutions
- Join forces with internal security teams and auditors to respond to findings and implement remediation plans
- Collaborate with multiple teams on recommended best practices, security requirements, and efficiency improvements for day-to-day support activities
- Work closely with security, networking, and application teams to ensure secure and efficient operations
- Troubleshoot and resolve advanced issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications
- Develop, maintain and enhance system compliance, alerting, and reporting tools
- 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:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or 5+ years of equivalent experience
- 7+ years of hands on experience in Python programming in AWS and Azure
- 5+ years of experience with scripting languages: PowerShell, Ansible/YAML
- 5+ years of experience working within GitHub
- 3+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform
- In-depth knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and VPC
- Proven solid communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills in fast changing environments
Preferred Qualifications:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Developer certification
- Azure Solutions Architect or Azure Developer certification
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments (on-premises + Azure AD/Azure IaaS)
- Exposure to DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines
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.