Sr DevOps Engineer-Remote-(If in MN then Hybrid)
Company: Optum
Location: Eden Prairie, MN (Remote)
Salary: $91,700 - $163,700 a year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-08-25
About this role
Our Company
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, and data 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.
You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute\* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Position Summary
As a Senior DevOps Engineer within Optum Technology, you will lead the end-to-end release lifecycle and build enterprise-grade automation that elevates software delivery performance across cloud platforms. In this role, you will design and optimize robust CI/CD pipelines, manage infrastructure as code using Terraform on Azure, and build production-ready AI agents and AI-driven automation to streamline release engineering, deployment support, and operational workflows. You will partner cross-functionally with development, SRE, security, and platform teams to establish high standards of governance, quality, and operational reliability.
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, incident triage, and engineering productivity with an emphasis on responsible ...