Senior DevOps Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana
Permanent
Full-time

14 days ago

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:

Champion DevOps principles and foster a culture of automation, ownership, and continuous delivery across the Rebates Modernization team
Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines that support rapid and reliable software delivery
Ensure the application layer is stable by supporting our migration to Azure and helping triage production bugs and issues
Optimize application-level issues and enhance pipelines and stability issues
Ensure it is easier to identify issues and security vulnerabilities at the application layer
Integrate security controls and vulnerability scanning into pipelines and infrastructure to support a shift-left approach
Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless deployment and monitoring of applications
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
Manage and prioritize the security backlog, ensuring proactive identification and remediation of vulnerabilities
Support and maintain systems during the migration from IBMi/AS400 and DB2 to a modern Azure-based stack, including Azure Hyperscale SQL, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Services, Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines, Azure Databricks, Change Data Capture (CDC) and Kafka for real-time data synchronization
Assist in implementing blue-green deployments and other progressive delivery strategies to ensure smooth transitions during modernization
Continuously evaluate and improve delivery processes, tooling, and team capabilities
Develop and maintain application deployment pipelines using Azure App Services and AKS
Implement best practices for application monitoring, logging, and performance optimization
Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications
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

EligibilityTo apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

12+ months in the current Role or Grade or Level
Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
Employees currently at Grade 27 will move to the next grade and Grade 28 (Lateral Movement) can apply for this position
Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectation

Required Qualifications:

6+ years of experience in a DevOps, Application Development, or related engineering role
•Solid experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
•Hands-on experience with CI or CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
•Experience with Linux and/or Windows environments
•Experience working in distributed, cross-functional teams
•Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash)
•Familiarity with ITSM practices and automation
•Proven solid communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

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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