Senior Cloud Engineer- Remote

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.
The Sr Cloud Engineer/Sr Site Reliability Engineer is a member of Cloud Operations Automation team and responsible for the reliability, security and efficiency of Change Healthcare's cloud environments and products that comprise Enterprise Imaging solutions. The engineer will also participate in the Cloud Operations team's activities including continuous delivery, configuration changes, performance monitoring, and ensure high availability of systems. The engineer will be the active leader on the incident management process including triaging and resolution of incidents.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Works as a software tools developer in the cloud operations team
• Define and drive automation of cloud operations and deployment using different toolset
• Define and drive implementation of Cloud Operations procedures
• Define and implement effective and reliable cloud infrastructure
• 24×7 shift-based support with rotating on-call

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 automating and administering IT systems, including IAM, compute, networking, storage, and access control, using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• 5+ years of proven experience administering cloud infrastructure and production applications for enterprise SaaS or PaaS environments in public clouds such as GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure
• 2+ years of programming experience in Python and/or Node.js
• 2+ years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), primarily Terraform
• 2+ years of experience with DevOps tools and practices, including GitHub, Ansible, or Jenkins
  1+ year of experience managing Kubernetes and serverless environments, using cloud-native services, APIs, and IaC (Terraform)
• 1+ year of exposure with AI-Ops/AI-powered coding and analysis tools
• Open to 24×7 shift-based support with rotating on-call

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent certification
• 1+ year of experience with cloud security principles, including DDoS prevention, vulnerability management, and patching
• Experience leveraging AI-powered code assistants within IDEs, with a strong understanding of MCP, ADKs, and prompt/context/state management
• Knowledge of cloud networking, cloud security, centralized loggings and monitoring tools
  Solid foundation in Linux/Windows operating systems and tools
• Proven ability to analyze application logs using AI tools to help reduce MTTR and develop tool for proactive monitoring and response

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Canada Residents Only: The salary range for Canada residents is $79,200 to $164,400 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.
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.