Software Engineer – Remote in Strongville, OH

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

If you reside near Strongville, OH, you will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities: 

  • Conduct root cause analysis on all issues and recommend a corrective action plan.
  • Ensure timely update to stakeholders -Identify and mitigate risks/issues related to environments
  • Provides accurate & timely reports to stake holders
  • Experienced Cloud Services Engineer with experience using AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, IAAS, Configuration and Deployment, Container Based Deployments using Dockers, CICD Tools like Jenkins, System and Application Monitoring, Splunk and/or Dynatrace
  • Maintain and Manage Cloud Services and Container Based systems using various tools
  • Design, develop and deploy software applications and solutions across cloud platform
  • Design software release process and policy, automate cloud infrastructure, perform code reviews
  • Test, performance tune, code, debug, track defects, troubleshoot problems, resolve technical errors, generate reports, provide production support, etc.
  • Provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production
  • Constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of applications
  • Adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field 
  • 5+ years of experience working on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, IAAS, Configuration and Deployment, Container Based Deployments using Dockers, CICD Tools like Jenkins, System and Application Monitoring, Splunk and/or Dynatrace
  • 5+ years of experience on JAVA, JavaScript, SQLServer and other relevant technology Exposure on Cloud Application development (full development cycle)
  • 3+ years of experience on Continuous Integration and Delivery, DevOps implementation
  • 3+ years of experience in Web services – Restful and Soap details 

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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.