Description

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 motivated and skilled DevOps Platform Developer to join our team. This role focuses on building, maintaining, and optimizing the DevOps toolchain, AI based components, and cloud infrastructure that supports our software development lifecycle. You will be responsible for automation, platform reliability, and best practices in support of Artifactory and enterprise pipelines.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Administer and optimize DevOps tools including Artifactory
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of these platforms
• Develop automation tools and pipelines to streamline platform
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar
• Manage and monitor cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) used for hosting DevOps tools and services
• Optimize resource usage and cost efficiency
• Apply SRE principles to ensure platform reliability, scalability, and observability
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly and participate in incident and problem management, including on-call support
• 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 regard 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, Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for production systems
• Hands-on experience with Artifactory, GitHub or similar tools
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Exposure to Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
• Solid development skills with Python
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
• Proven excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Future Looking Skills:

• Hands on experience with API's like OpenAI, Google Gemini and Hugging Face
• Good understanding of LLMs and generative models
• How to effectively create prompts to get desired output from generative models
• Proficiency with AI-Assisted Development Tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf/Amazon Code Whisperer etc.

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.