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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 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.

About the Role:

As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter.

We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we're on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.

As the Principal Cloud Engineer, you will be an integral member of the Cloud Capability Team, dedicated to supporting our analytic customers on the Azure Public Cloud. In this role, you will prioritize security while architecting and building an enterprise-level solution at a global scale to effectively serve our users and engineering teams, ensuring robust, scalable, and efficient cloud infrastructure and services.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

About You:

You’re a team player with a passion for technology and a desire to be part of an innovative, technology-focused team. You thrive in a collaborative environment, showing technical influence and demonstrating the ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt this learning into successful implementations. As an individual contributor and thought leader, you will drive innovation and excellence within the team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation for a secure data platform in Azure.

• Collaborate with the team to build standard patterns and reusable code.

• Work with third-party vendors and other engineering teams to integrate and optimize solutions.

• Resolve issues and provide technical assistance on our analytic platforms.

• Optimize Azure buildouts for cost and performance.

• Develop and implement changes using “Infrastructure as Code.”

• Identify, document, and promote best practices for IT infrastructure architecture.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to drive higher efficiency and performance of IT infrastructure services.

• Implement and manage monitoring systems for optimal performance and reliability.

• Design and enforce security policies and compliance standards.

• Monitor and optimize cloud expenditures.

• Lead incident response efforts, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

• Regularly communicate with stakeholders about cloud initiatives and performance.

• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience managing public/private cloud technologies in a large-scale enterprise environment (Azure preferred).

• Significant experience with Linux system administration and support in an enterprise IT or service provider organization.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, or PowerShell.

• Strong group communication skills and ability to work across diverse areas of expertise.

Experience with containers and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes & Docker preferred).

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement high-quality solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure Administration Certification.

• Previous experience with Agile/SCRUM methodology and best practices.

• Proven track record of learning new tools and technologies and leveraging these on integration and implementation projects.

• Good understanding of networking concepts, load balancers, and firewalls.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.