Software Engineering Lead - devops, Cloud, ADB, Splunk And Grafana

Caring. Connecting. Growing Together.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Drive reliability, scalability, and performance across our systems, with a solid focus on leveraging AI and automation
2. Implement AI/ML models for predictive alerting, anomaly detection, and capacity planning
3. Integrate AI tools into incident management workflows to reduce MTTR and improve root cause analysis
4. Drive adoption of AI-powered observability platforms
5. Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS and GCP services
6. Architect scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
7. Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to integrate cloud solutions into CI/CD pipelines
8. Architectural experience on performing SRE activities on their own
9. Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures
10. Monitor cloud environments and optimize performance, cost, and reliability
11. Triage and RCA of production incidents and management
12. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
13. Stay current with cloud trends and recommend best practices and new technologies
14. 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

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
• 2+ years in a leadership role managing SRE or platform teams
• 4+ years of solid understanding of cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure), network security, and application security
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools, especially those with AI capabilities
• Experience implementing AI/ML models for operational intelligence, observability and automation
• Hands-on experience with security tools and platforms
• Good experience on infrastructure architecture
• Knowledge of AIOps platforms and frameworks
• Proven excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of cloud principles
• Knowledge of software security principles