Support design, implementation, and operation of cloud platforms (GCP/Azure). Automate infrastructure (Terraform), CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, security scans, and scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell). Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshooting, and reliability improvements.
Requisition Number: 2370088
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.
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a software-driven operations engineer responsible for improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of cloud-based systems.
As a Junior SRE, you will support the design, implementation, and operation of cloud platforms on GCP and Azure, working closely with development, platform, and security teams. You will contribute to automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and incident response while continuously building expertise in DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a software-driven operations engineer responsible for improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of cloud-based systems.
As a Junior SRE, you will support the design, implementation, and operation of cloud platforms on GCP and Azure, working closely with development, platform, and security teams. You will contribute to automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and incident response while continuously building expertise in DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability
- Assist in provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform)
- Support high availability, scalability, and resilience patterns
- Help monitor SLIs/SLOs and improve system reliability
- Participate in capacity planning and performance testing
- Monitoring & Incident Response
- Configure monitoring and alerting (Azure Monitor, GCP Ops, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident handling
- Assist in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- CI/CD & GitOps
- Support CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
- Implement automated build, test, and deployment workflows
- Follow Git best practices and contribute to GitOps adoption
- DevSecOps
- Assist with security scans and vulnerability remediation
- Work with secret management tools (Key Vault, Secret Manager)
- Ensure compliance with security standards
- Automation & Operations
- Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Maintain runbooks and documentation
- Support deployments and operational tasks
- 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
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications that enhance products, workflows, and decision-making.
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years in SRE / DevOps / Cloud Engineering
- Knowledge of Cloud platforms: Azure or GCP
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Knowledge of Scripting: Python / Shell
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools
- Proven problem solving and troubleshooting
- Proven solid communication skills
- Proven automation-first mindset
- Proven ability to work in fast-paced environments
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.
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