Senior DevOps Engineer

About this role

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale.Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer within the UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement technology organization, you will lead the end-to-end release lifecycle for core Java applications, enforce release governance, and manage scalable Azure cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, build infrastructure using Terraform, and operationalize production-ready AI agents and intelligent automation solutions to enhance release engineering, deployment support, incident triage, and engineering productivity. You will collaborate closely with software development, SRE, security, and platform engineering teams to implement modern deployment strategies, elevate software delivery quality, and promote operational resilience.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute\* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end release lifecycle for Java-based applications deployed on Azure, enforcing release governance, change standards, deployment readiness criteria, and environment parity practices
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps to ensure secure and efficient software delivery across the SDLC
• Design, develop, deploy, and operationalize production-ready AI agents and agent-based automation to improve release engineering, deployment support, incid...