Job Description

The DevOps Engineer will focus on continuing the evolution of the Optum API Security, Certification and automation platform, Stargate. Stargate provides centralized, self-service API gateway for Optum applications as well as cataloging and quality assurance tools. Immediate efforts for the project focus on tracking and managing APIs provide by Optum's applications hosted on public cloud providers.

The API Gateway team will develop certification and self-service automation to extend tracking and control of APIs deployed on premises and public cloud. Integrate preferred on premises API gateway with PEP automation platform, PRM.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Design, modify, develop, write and implement software programming applications in support of the API Gateway.
* Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, and skilled in Agile development methodologies, including unit testing and continuous integration.
* Will work on an Agile team, participating in Scrum ceremonies and working as a team to fix bugs and work on new features for Kong API Gateway and supporting applications.
* Provide customer support for Gateway issues by reading Splunk logs and troubleshooting the network stack.
* Develop Plugins and features into Kong API Gateway product and contributing back to open source.
* Enhance monitoring/alerting of application using Splunk and Grafana/Prometheus.
* Perform troubleshooting of network issues using Splunk and working with other teams such as Firewall, F5, and private cloud teams.
* Participate in on-call support rotation to handle support issues working with application teams to troubleshoot and fix issues.
* Responsible for large and more complex components, while influencing overall product architecture and patterns.
* Influence the teams designs and solutions. Mentor software engineers through code reviews, and hands on design sessions.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

* Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience in Software Engineering
* 2+ years of experience with platform engineering
* 2+ years of experience with software development or engineering
* Experience in full software lifecycle activities
* Experience with Agile methodology
* Experience operationalizing larger products
* You will be asked to perform this role in an office setting or other company location.
* Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained.

Preferred Qualifications:

* OSI L4 and L7 networking knowledge, TCP/IP, TLS, IP/DNS
* Experience with Kong/OpenResty API Gateway
* Java/Python/LUA development experience
* Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
* Solves complex problems and/or conducts complex analyses
* Works with minimal guidance; seeks guidance on only the most complex tasks
* Experience with Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana
* CI/CD leveraging Github/Docker/Jenkins
* Direct API Gateway knowledge including Nginx, OpenResty/Kong
* System Reliability Engineering practices
* Familiar with HTTP and REST API best practices
* Administration of Cassandra

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place 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.

Job Keywords: Greenville, SC, South Carolina, Eden Prairie, MN, Minnesota, DevOps Engineer