I O Engineering Consultant- DevOps, Terraform, Azure, CI/CD

Requisition Number: 2359154
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.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Working with Software Engineering teams; evaluate system specifications, provision and support delivery of application infrastructure
• Define and drive Azure Architecture decisions to ensure the stability, reliability and availability of applications and services
• Create and maintain IAC using Terraform & Configuration Management using Ansible / Chef
• Create and configure CI pipeline supporting Continuous Delivery , Github Actions
• Implement and document agreed upon standards to support auto-scaling infrastructure
• Administer Windows and Linux Servers including configuration, patching and ensure overall server health
• Practical experience with AKS, Envoy, Nginx, Helm, API gateway, Service Mesh
• Analyze all aspects of existing application infrastructure and recommend modifications that will enhance application reliability, availability and scalability
• Engage in capacity planning and demand forecasting; software performance analysis and system tuning
• Performance analysis using APM and other monitoring tools to identify system performance issues and bottlenecks
• Work with log aggregation tools like Splunk
• Programming with Python / PowerShell or Java
• Other responsibilities as determined necessary
• Analyzes and investigates
• Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise
• 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:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• Any relevant industry certifications
• 4+ years of Hands-on experience with Azure/Public Cloud ecosystem, infrastructure automation and monitoring tools
• Experience in migrating and transforming existing systems to the cloud using Azure tools and best practices
• Experience in supporting cloud migration in Azure
• Scripting Experience (Bash, Ruby, Python etc.)
• APM experience with Splunk, New Relic, Dynatrace
• Knowledge of Terraform for cross-platform cloud provisioning
  Specialization in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for container orchestration
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps or GitHub and know how to use them for continuous integration, continuous delivery, pipelines, and Git version control
• Proven expertise in identifying and mitigating infrastructure security vulnerabilities
• Proven expertise in managing cost optimized infrastructure setups
• Proven expertise in setting monitors, triggers, alerts and managing the infra setup on highest availability and reliability standards
• Proven solid skills in Azure networking, such as configuring virtual networks, firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs
• Proven problem-solving and analytical skills to handle complex challenges and issues
• Proven team player attitude and willingness to collaborate with others
• Proven solid in analytical problem solving and looking beyond what's obvious

Preferred Qualification:

• Professional certifications with AWS

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.