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

At Optum, you are empowered to do your best! You will work with an elite team to create applications using the newest and latest technologies.   If you have a solid track record for innovation and accomplishment, we are eager to speak with you! We hire talented coding professionals who are looking to advance their careers by working for the best company in the healthcare industry. You will have the most opportunities to grow and develop your career while using the skills that you have obtained thus far. Being a leader in healthcare IT, it is always challenging and exciting here at Optum in creating the healthcare system of tomorrow. Join us and start doing your life's best work.   In this role, you will be involved in developing innovative business solutions by creating new applications, modifying existing applications and providing post production support. Predominantly you will be designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and supporting all types of applications consistent with established specifications and business requirements to deliver value to our organization.

Primary Responsibilities:

Design, implement and maintain highly scalable microservices within all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) on Microsoft Azure Establish, refine and integrate CI/ CD, feature testing automation, performance testing as needed Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications, public cloud infrastructure cost, best cloud practices, scalability, high availability Provide technical leadership, design and code review, serve as a mentor to less experienced Developers 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:   Graduate or Post Graduate in Computer Science /Engineering/Science/Mathematics or related field with around 7+ years of experience in executing the .Net projects with 5+ years of experience in .Net Core, Angular, REST and Azure Cloud Certification, preferably Azure Senior Software Engineer I Position with about 8+ years of hands-on technical Experience in the .Net and Cloud technologies. Working Knowledge of executing the projects in the Agile Methodologies Be able to envision the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and be able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to materialize it Design and develop the framework of the system and be able to explain choices made. Also write and review design document explaining overall architecture, framework and high level design of the application Ability to create, understand and validate Design and estimated effort for given module/task, and be able to justify it Be able to define in-scope, out-of-scope and taken assumptions while creating effort estimates Be able to identify and integrate well over all integration points in context of a project as well as other applications in the environment Positions in this function deliver professional level technical work in support of the development of company products, tools, platforms and services, typically for an external customer or end user Ability to operate within established methodologies, procedures, and guidelines. Applies knowledge of principles and techniques to solve technical problems Ability to work closely with other functions to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps. Good understanding of Infrastructure as code. Identify production and non-production application issues Technical Skills: Experience with developing, implementing, monitoring and troubleshooting applications in the Azure Public Cloud Experience with developing applications for Azure and Azure resources like Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage and Message Queues Experience with NodeJS Angular UI Single Page Application (SPA) development Experience developing REST based web services and OAuth flows\ Solid proficiency as a Software Engineer utilizing .NET CORE and C# to support as well as design, develop and deploy requested updates to new and existing cloud-based services Proficiency in UI development with an Angular Single Page Application (SPA) Ability to design and implement web services with security Ability to design and implement database schema Ability to design and development of well documented source code Development of both unit testing and system testing scripts that will be incorporated into the QA process Automating all deployment steps with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and Jenkins Pipeline as Code (JPaC) concepts Do required POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements Solid knowledge of build/deployment/unit testing tools Proven highly motivated team player and a self-starter Proven excellent verbal, phone, and written communication skills Knowledge of Cloud-based architecture and concepts Solid knowledge of JSON

Preferred Qualification: Health care industry experience

 

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 marginalized 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.