Lead Software Engineer

UnitedHealth Group•Basking Ridge, NJ

6d•$112,700 - $193,200

About The Position

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Requirements

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience in Application support and Maintenance
5+ years professional experience in AWS or other cloud architecture
5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud Infrastructure and services
3+ hands on Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
3+ years of programming in Python
Solid experience in CI/CD pipelines and integration with in GitHub Actions / Jenkins
Experience in designing / integrating REST APIs with third-party services
Solid knowledge of cloud security practices and AWS IAM roles/policies

Nice To Haves

Proven solid written and verbal skills
Proven leadership skills

Responsibilities

Builds and maintains applications for deployment, monitoring and operations, troubleshoots and resolves issues within AWS environments, including network, security, storage, and compute-related problems
Drive & lead technical decisions, design discussions, review artifacts and implementation of the platform / services
Ensure Well-architected principles and engineering best practices are followed to build a secure, high-performing, resilient and scalable services
Automate routine operational tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability in day-to-day operations
Implement security best practices to keep data safe and control who can access resources
Manage code deployment and release via GitHub actions / Jenkins and help in troubleshooting issues with existing CI/CD pipeline
Guide the team development efforts towards successful project delivery
Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team