Principal I O Engineering - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

1d•$112,700 - $193,200•Remote

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. The Principal Storage Engineer is responsible for the technical strategy, engineering oversight, capacity planning, and operational stewardship of enterprise storage and infrastructure platforms. This role provides engineering leadership for storage, data protection, automation, and infrastructure modernization initiatives while ensuring platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost optimization across the enterprise. The Principal Storage Engineer partners with architecture, engineering, operations, product teams, and business stakeholders to design and manage storage services that support critical business applications and data workloads. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Requirements

8+ years of extensive experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering
8+ years of deep knowledge of storage technologies, SAN, NAS, object storage, and data protection solutions
5+ years of experience leading large-scale technology projects and cross-functional initiatives
4+ years of experience with capacity planning, utilization analytics, and infrastructure forecasting
3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, and process optimization

Nice To Haves

Experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Pure Storage, HPE storage solutions, and related ecosystem technologies
Experience with infrastructure monitoring, observability, and reporting platforms
Experience building executive-level operational and capacity reporting
Knowledge of cloud storage architectures and hybrid infrastructure environments
Proven excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms
Develop technical standards and engineering best practices for storage, backup, and data management solutions
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic platform improvements
Serve as a senior technical advisor for infrastructure modernization and transformation efforts
Own storage capacity forecasting, utilization reporting, and growth modeling
Analyze platform consumption trends and develop recommendations for expansion, consolidation, and optimization
Create executive and operational reports supporting infrastructure investment decisions
Manage storage inventory, refresh planning, and technology lifecycle activities
Drive automation initiatives that improve provisioning, monitoring, deployment, and operational efficiency
Simplify operational processes to reduce manual effort and improve service delivery
Provide engineering guidance to project teams, infrastructure teams, and operational support groups
Lead technical reviews, solution design discussions, and complex troubleshooting efforts
Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the organization
Coordinate cross-functional efforts involving storage, compute, networking, and data protection teams
Ensure platform availability, resiliency, performance, and recoverability
Support incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective action planning
Establish metrics and dashboards that measure infrastructure health and operational effectiveness