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Join a multi-year platform modernization effort as a Software Development Engineer within our Site Reliability/Chaos Engineering Team! In our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team, we use Chaos Engineering Strategies to proactively detect issues/weakness of the application platform and drive resiliency/ performance/reliability of the systems by delivering automation at scale.
SRE/Chaos Engineering combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. Within the role, you’ll have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale, while using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large-scale system design.
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You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Analyze, Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve software and automations tools surrounding all SRE initiatives to drive increased reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems across various platforms (such as Windows/Linux, Openshift, Kubernetes, Azure)
- Translate product concepts into project commitments (features, user stories, etc.) that deliver incremental value to our customers frequently and with high quality
- Apply principles of Agile Scrum delivery
- Work closely with other teams (SRE/TechOps Team) on toil reduction efforts (i.e. automation of repetitive dev and ops tasks)
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for our platforms and help the teams identify opportunities to automate / streamline existing processes from the SRE perspective.
- Partner with SRE/Devops team to identify anti patterns and optimization strategies, create fallback options and help develop self-healing capabilities across the organization in a sustainable manner
- Create high-quality software by conducting peer design/code reviews and developing automated test cases
- Actively mentors team members, through brown bags and tech talks
- Grow and maintain knowledge of and leverage cutting edge IT industry / marketplace technologies and trends to support highly available distributed systems, and the transformation of legacy systems.
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:
- 2+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, GoLang, and/or Python including object-oriented design
- 1+ year Industry Experience in Systems Engineering (Linux/Windows Servers)
- 6+ months Hands on Experience working with Docker Container
- 6+ months Hands-on experience on REST-API development.
- 6+ month Experience with SQL Databases (such as SQL Server, MySql, Postgres)
- 6+ months Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins
- Experience working in an Agile environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in engineering, Computer Science, or 3+ years of equivalent IT Industry Experience
- Experience in full stack development including UI development like React, Angular
- Experience in Django, Nginx
- Experience working with Cloud (such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, GCP, Azure)
- Experience in SRE with strong Interest in SRE topics like SLO, resilience, scaling, performance, etc
- Experience with Application Performance Management Tools like New Relic, Dynatrace
- Experience with log management tool like Splunk and queues like Kafka
- Experience of designing/architecting and building cloud based high throughput platforms
- Experience with modern technologies/telemetry like Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Elasticsearch
- Deep understanding in Chaos principles/experiments and hands-on experience with chaos tools
- Good understanding of networking concepts (e.g. routing, firewalls, proxies) and technologies (e.g. HTTP, TLS, Nginx.)
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.
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Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $66,100 to $118,300. The salary range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $72,800 to $129,900. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
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.
