Senior IO Engineer

Our Company

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, and data 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.

Position Summary

Join our Optum Technology team as we build, automate, and modernize high-availability cloud infrastructure supporting critical healthcare systems, including Epic EHR workloads. In this role, you will leverage Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) via Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms. You will work alongside dedicated platform and security engineering teams to innovate healthcare infrastructure, drive automation, optimize performance, and mentor team members in technical best practices.

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

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources in a repeatable, version-controlled manner
• Build and enhance automation for provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks to optimize reliability and reduce manual effort
• Support the deployment, operations, and performance of Epic EHR workloads hosted on Azure infrastructure, ensuring compliance and high availability
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments (e.g., Git Hub Actions)
• Implement cloud infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure system health and enable rapid incident response
• Apply security and compliance best practices across cloud environments, including identity and access management (IAM), networking, and secrets management
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, networking, and performance issues across multi-tier environments
• Collaborate with security, platform, and engineering teams to design and deliver reliable, cloud-native solutions
• Drive cloud cost optimization, capacity planning, and mentor junior engineers on engineering standards and best practices

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

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, or Dev Ops roles
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• 2+ years of experience building and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git Hub Actions)
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with cloud networking, security protocols, and identity/access management (IAM)
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting and resolving complex infrastructure and performance issues in enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104 Azure Administrator, AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect) or Hashi Corp Certified:
  Terraform Associate
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible
• Experience working in regulated…