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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.

The Optum Technology Digital team is on a mission to disrupt the healthcare industry, transforming UHG into an industry-leading Consumer brand. We deliver hyper-personalized digital solutions that empower direct-to-consumer, digital-first experiences, educating, guiding, and empowering consumers to access the right care at the right time. Our mission is to revolutionize healthcare for patients and providers by delivering cutting-edge, personalized and conversational digital solutions. We’re Consumer Obsessed, ensuring they receive exceptional support throughout their healthcare journeys. As we drive this transformation, we're revolutionizing customer interactions with the healthcare system, leveraging AI, cloud computing, and other disruptive technologies to tackle complex challenges. Serving UnitedHealth Group's digital technology needs, the Consumer Engineering team impacts millions of lives through UnitedHealthcare & Optum.

We are seeking a dynamic individual who embodies modern engineering culture - someone with deep engineering expertise within a digital product model, a passion for innovation, and a relentless drive to enhance the consumer experience. Our ideal candidate thrives in an agile, fast-paced rapid-prototyping environment, embraces DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, and champions the Voice of the Customer. If you are driven by the pursuit of excellence, eager to innovate, and excited to make a tangible impact within a team that embraces modern technologies and consumer-centric strategies, while prioritizing robust cyber-security protocols, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us. Join our team and be at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare, where your unique skills will not only be recognized but celebrated.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Craft and communicate the overarching secure architecture vision and technical strategies, securing buy-in at all organizational levels

• Provide expert recommendations and technical guidance to optimize system security, performance, reliability, and reusability, mindful of budgetary and business constraints

• Engage with multiple teams and vendors, offering assistance on ongoing projects, technical briefings, and demonstrations of emerging technologies

• Partner directly with business units to develop secure solutions and capabilities, acting as a key influencer with executives and other stakeholders

• Drive the definition of business, product, and technical strategies in collaboration with product managers and leaders

• Conduct rigorous research and analysis to define current states, identify gaps, and devise solutions for complex security challenges

• Develop conceptual models of potential solutions, documenting them through a blend of textual descriptions and diagrams

• Make strategic architecture decisions that incorporate considerations for security, performance, scalability, reliability, and usability

• Present a decision matrix with solution recommendations to stakeholders and senior leadership

• Architect and guide Product Engineering Teams to deliver solutions that conform to enterprise architecture standards and contribute to the progression of technical strategies

• Promote the use of reusable patterns and collaborate on scope definition, application impacts, and sizing with business and engineering stakeholders

• Work with delivery teams to identify and mitigate technical debt, both short-term and strategically

• 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:

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or 5+ years equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience in technology

• 6+ years of experience dedicated to implementing and integrating technology solutions, spanning data engineering, cloud solutions, system integration, solution design, development/configuration, and deployment

• 6+ years of experience navigating complex business problems and solution options involving multiple domains and technologies

• 6+ years of experience in facilitating and leading solution design, architecture, and delivery planning activities across multidisciplinary teams

• 6+ years of experience effectively communicating solutions and patterns to a geographically diverse workforce, including senior leaders and various resource groups

• 6+ years of experience with industry-standard patterns, practices, and technologies, especially streaming and containerization

• 4+ years of experience in technical roles at an architect or senior engineer level

• 4+ years of experience specializing in enterprise services that provide top-tier experiences, with a solid emphasis on non-functional requirements

• 4+ years of experience directly involving design or delivery of secure systems and ensuring compliance with secure practices across Enterprise systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional experience in architecting and managing solutions on both private and public cloud platforms

• Experience working in Healthcare on the Provider side supporting patient journeys

• Knowledge of security, privacy, and regulations pertaining to PHI, PII, or similar concerns

• Track record of driving alignment within large, complex, matrixed organizations

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.