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Job Description - Azure Cloud Engineer (2388737)

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Azure Cloud Engineer-2388737

Description

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.

Location

Remote Nationwide

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Engineer to join our technology team to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using modern Microsoft technologies. In this role, you will leverage expertise in .NET Core, C#, Web APIs, SQL Server, Entity Framework, Azure Cloud services, and DevOps practices. You will collaborate across business and technology teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing applications while driving engineering excellence through automation and modern, AI-assisted development practices.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using C#, .NET Core, REST APIs, SQL Server, and Entity Framework
• Develop, deploy, and manage Azure cloud-based applications and services
• Design and implement scalable microservices architectures and modern web-based user interfaces
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps best practices
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle
• Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application defects, performance bottlenecks, and production issues

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

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software development using C# and .NET Core
• 3+ years of experience building and consuming RESTful Web APIs
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with SQL Server database development, optimization, and performance tuning
• 1+ Year hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services (such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Key Vault, Azure Service Bus/Event Grid, or Azure SQL Database)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-native application development and CI/CD automation pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps)
• Experience with Entity Framework (Code First / Database First) and microservices-based application design
• Demonstrated experience utilizing modern AI-assisted development tools and techniques to accelerate code generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming, and clean coding principles
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Exposure to application monitoring, observability (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights), and performance optimization
• Experience with secure application development and DevSecOps practices
• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Developer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect)

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

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.

#RPO, #GREEN

Job

Software Engineering

Primary Location

US-NJ-Basking Ridge

Organization

Global Infra & Cloud Svcs

Schedule

Full-time

Number of Openings

1

Social Responsibility

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• At UnitedHealth Group, we are committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work, across the nation and around the world. Through charitable contributions and volunteering, our people are deeply and personally involved in building healthier communities.
• Learn how we are giving back to our communities
• We embrace and encourage a culture of diversity and inclusion. We know that valuing diversity makes good business sense and helps to ensure our future success.
• Learn more about our culture of Inclusion & Diversity

Fraudulent Activity

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• We have received recent reports of fraudulent LinkedIn messages and emails alleging or claiming to be sent from UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, or Optum Executives.

The fraudulent LinkedIn messages and emails, which do not originate from any Executives LinkedIn account or of UnitedHealth Group’s email domains, or those of any of its operating divisions, supposedly conducts an interview via a Zoom meeting, offer a work from home job at Optum, emails an application, sends a fake check by next day delivery through USPS and asks recipients to pay a vendor a large dollar amount. These counterfeit-check cashing schemes exist and use a variety of deceptions to get people to cash these fraudelent checks.

UnitedHealth Group will never request you to pay a vendor or pay a fee of any sort to explore employment opportunities with our company.

If you wish to verify the legitimacy of any email alleging or claiming to have been sent by or on behalf of UnitedHealth Group Execuitives or Recruiters, please call 1-800-561-0861 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT, Monday - Friday, for assistance.

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UnitedHealth Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-866-566-8715 to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

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.

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