DevOps Engineer - Telecommute

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error.

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Optum Serve's mission is to help federal agencies tackle some of the biggest challenges in health care by partnering with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, Veterans Affairs, and other organizations to modernize the U.S. health system and improve the health and well‑being of citizens across the country.

Optum Serve Technology Services is looking for a Dev Ops Engineer to provide design and development for Dev Sec Ops  focusing on automation and optimization, as well as technical analysis and research as part of a broader strategy to grow technical competencies and support federal customer needs.

It is expected that the Dev Ops Engineer will have the ability and willingness to quickly learn new tools, conduct necessary research on various tools and technologies, and make recommendations for which tools best meet federal customer use cases.

In addition, the Dev Ops Engineer will provide hands‑on development support for developing various software and applications geared toward automation as needed.

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

• Assesses requirements, use cases and customer needs to make recommendations on Dev Sec Ops ‑related technical tools and services as part of solutions and pilots, develop new ideas
• Solves complex problems as they arise in vetting new technology and develops innovative solutions as applicable related to Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, and automation
• Focuses on quality of work and continuous improvement for developing code and setting up tools and applications in the cloud
• Provides clear explanations and recommendations to other on complex issues including working with vendors as applicable on debugging, troubleshooting or research
• Adheres to deadlines and delivers on tasks assigned ensuring transparency with challenges, and proactively identifies mitigations and solutions to ensure tasks are complete on‑time
• Collaborates with organizational leadership to understand strategy and needs to ensure recommendations and results align with expectations
• Lead the actions related to Dev Sec Ops  community of practice initiative
• Support new business development opportunities by writing proposals, developing proof of concepts

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent 6 years of technical experience
• 4+ years of Dev Sec Ops ‑related engineering experience
• Experience with Dev Sec Ops  tools and building CI/CD pipelines, knowledge of AIOps and Git Ops
• Extensive hands‑on working experience on Infrastructure as a code tool such as Terraform, Jenkins, AWS Cloud formation
• Experience in deploying and managing full stack AWS or Azure infrastructure, highly available AWS services and third‑party tools such as Tableau, Databricks, UIPath, Data catalog using automated tools
• Hands on experience in implementing automation and orchestration tools such as Airflow, UI Path, BMC or similar
• Hands on experience in managing, packaging, and deploying applications using container architecture using tools like Docker, Flux, Kubernetes, HELM, Amazon services (EKS, ECR, ECS)
• Experience with application and infrastructure monitoring and alerting using tools such as Splunk, AWS Cloud watch, New Relic and Datadog
• Ability to travel up to 10% for meetings in Baltimore/Columbus, MD area
• Full COVID‑19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID‑19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. United Health Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to…