Optum · 3 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineer - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$71K/yr - $127K/yr
3+ years expOptum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The Site Reliability Engineer will provide 24×7 operational support, coordinate with various teams, and ensure system reliability and performance while leading a team of SREs. The role involves designing scalable systems, implementing monitoring strategies, and driving automation efforts.
EducationHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of SREs to ensure high-quality delivery and professional growth
Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable systems using cloud-native technologies
Develop and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies to ensure optimal system performance and user experience
Automate operational tasks and drive infrastructure-as-code (IaC) adoption
Proactively identify and resolve reliability risks, bottlenecks, and performance issues
Leveraging AI
Collaborate with engineering and product teams on architecture, code reviews, and incident response
Lead post-incident reviews (blameless retrospectives), root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
Streamline migration processes, ensure consistency and enhance efficiency through automation, AI and innovative solutions
Define SLOs/SLIs, track error budgets, and report on system health to stakeholders
Ensure compliance and security standards are integrated into system operations
Stay current with emerging technologies and SRE best practices
Qualification
Required
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
3+ years of experience with Cloud SDK's with AWS using Java (spring boot microservices), Scala, and Python
3+ years of experience with Distributed Data services (DynamoDB/Athena/Mongo/Apollo GraphQL platform)
3+ years of experience with AWS Cloud:S3, CloudWatch, ECS, Lambda, RDS, EMR
3+ years of experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions & container orchestration using AWS ECS/Kubernetes clusters
3+ years of experience in Elastic APM
Preferred
Experience in Unix, Hadoop, Hbase and Hive
Experience working with offshore and onsite teams as part of job requirement
Proven good communication skills
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Daniel Castillo
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Care Delivery
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Jay Green
Chief Financial Officer
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