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

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:

• Manage cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS, ensuring high availability and cost optimization
• Familiarity with AWS Managed Services. Comfortable working with AWS support on resolving issues
• Patching and security updates
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads in multi-cloud environments
• Docker image creation and management
• Monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch)
• DB SQL script execution
• 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, Information Systems, or related field
• 3+ years in DevOps and Cloud Engineering roles
• Solid hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (AKS, App Services, Networking) and AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Expertise in CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience in setting up monitoring (Dynatrace ideal)
• Solid experience with GitHub, including pipeline implementation and MR features
• Scripting experience (bash, PowerShell, SSH)
• Hands-on experience managing and executing production deployments in enterprise environments
• Solid understanding of AWS and Azure foundational architecture and core services AWS (ALB, SG, S3, EC2, EBS, AMI, RDS IAM etc.), Azure (AKS, App Services, Networking)
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools, Azure DevOps
• General networking knowledge
• Basic OS-level skills (Linux/Windows)
• Certificate lifecycle management (creation, installation, renewal)
• Solid attention to detail and testing discipline to minimize production risks
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and debug deployment and operational issues

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in managing multi-cloud environments primarily AWS and Azure
• Experience and understanding of Networking, certificate management, security and patching
• Windows servers / Active Directory administration

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Comfortable juggling multiple priorities in a dynamic environment

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.