Senior I O Engineer

Role Description

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.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

• Working with Software Engineering teams; evaluate system specifications, provision and support delivery of application infrastructure
• Define and drive VPC decisions to ensure the stability, reliability and availability of applications and services
• Create and maintain IAC using Terraform, Chef and/or Puppet
• Create and configure CI pipeline supporting Continuous Delivery
• Build and support infrastructure in Azure, AWS and GCP
• Build agentic AI capabilities inside of DevOps Enablement
• Negotiate and document agreed upon standards to support auto-scaling infrastructure
• Administer Windows and Linux Servers including configuration, patching and ensure overall server health
• 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 and ELK
• Analyze dump files and error codes
• Provide Root Cause Analysis
• Troubleshoot, research and analyze complex problems
• Provide Support in for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
• You will be involved in solving moderately complex problems and/or conduct moderately complex analysis
• You will provide explanation and information to others including Senior Leadership on challenging issues
• You will identify / quantify scope and impact of business changes on systems
• You will maintain awareness of current technology assets, and the applicability and capability of each
• Participate in on-call rotation maintaining application availability
• Other responsibilities as determined necessary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience supporting, configuring and engineering applications
• 3+ years of experience with Cloud computing (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• 2+ years of Windows OR Linux / UNIX System Administration experience
• 2+ years of experience in troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems in an enterprise environment

Requirements

• Experience with app and web server configuration and maintenance (Ex. JBoss, WebSphere, Apache Tomcat)
• Knowledge and understanding of network theory, such as different protocols (TCP / IP, UDP, ICMP, etc.), MAC addresses, IP packets, DNS, OSI layers, and load balancing
• Ability to communicate analysis including trends and opportunities to improve service availability

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.