DevOps Automation Engineer - Seattle , WA., Atlanta, GA

Transform health care and change the way consumers engage with technology.



Sounds like a big challenge, right? Here, at Optum, you have the opportunity to achieve great things while you showcase your passion and technical expertise as an Engineer on the Application Engineering (Dev-Ops) team. You'll be inspired by working alongside some of the most brilliant minds in technology who bring compassion, energy and focus to their work every day on a mission to change health care as we know it. Join us! Come share who you are and start doing your life's best work.(SM) 

As part of our Application Engineering Dev-Ops team, you will predominantly be involved in breaking down the ‘Wall of Confusion’ between Development and Operations. You'll stretch your skills and grow your career as a primary contributor  in lowering operational costs and increasing throughput via the implementation various forms of automation. This is a unique development role where your skill as a software engineer and passion for efficiency intersect with your love of adopting the latest industry trends to empower the Business to amplify and tighten the feedback loop with Customers.

Primary Responsibilities: 



Support, enhance and extend our Continuous Integration and deployment automation system, migrating to Continuous Delivery over time.
Research, advocate for, design, implement and extend system configuration management and automation to lower operational costs and increase consistency and quality across environments.
Partner with the Development and Operations teams to ensure applications build, deploy and operate efficiently in Production.
Be a point of escalation to research and troubleshoot complex issues in Production that typically span multiple applications or tiers.
Participate in design reviews with Development representing IT Operations team’s interests. Review and optimize Development’s designs to ensure applications are operationalized when deployed.
Influence your peers as well as senior leadership to adopt new ideas and/or approaches.
Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.

Required Qualifications: 



Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Math or a related technical major.
2+ years of full Software Development Life Cycle experience. 
2+ years experience with automated build, continuous integration and continuous delivery systems, such as Jenkins, MSBuild, Maven. 
2+ years experience in at least 1 high level programming language such as C, C#, C++ or Java
2+ years experience with at least 1 scripting language such as Perl, Python or PowerShell.
1+ years experience with Configuration Management and associated tools such as Puppet or Chef.
1+ years working in a large, complex Enterprise environment utilizing multitier architecture.
1+ years Experience with programmatic interaction with a relational database, preferably a recent version of SQL Server.

Preferred Qualifications:



1+ years experience with full stack, from the data layer through the UI especially in the .Net space.
Strong troubleshooting skills, especially in large, complex application environments. 
Ability to troubleshoot and fix anything.
Ability to form and leverage effective relationships with different teams spread across multiple geographically disparate sites.
Strong oral, written and presentation skills. 
Ability to influence others in a positive way.
Passion for learning new technologies. 
Stays abreast of the latest industry trends.
Health care industry experience.

Are you ready for an opportunity that can transform your career? Get on the Alere Health team as we continue to transform health care every day. 


Now part of Optum, Alere Health is building a future of opportunities. We provide leading edge products and services including condition and case management, wellbeing, and women's and children's health services for more than 200 health plans, 89 Fortune 500 employers, 29 states and 22 million people. Now, with our integration into Optum and the UnitedHealth Group organization, our growth and impact is multiplying every day. 


If you bring a lot of passion and aspiration to your work, you'll fit in here and discover the opportunity to do your life's best work.SM
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
 
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.