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We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.\nOptum 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. You will work with talented peers, have opportunities to develop your career, and help deliver technology that supports the communities we serve.\nOur Cloud Platform Engineering team builds reusable software and platform capabilities that enable secure cloud infrastructure across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. This is a software engineering role focused on cloud platforms, not a traditional systems-administration role. 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Equivalent depth in both cloud providers is not required\nDemonstrate ability to reason about data structures, graph relationships, algorithms, computational complexity and reusable software abstractions\nDemonstrate ability to participate in a weekly on-call rotation and support incident response for the platform capabilities the team owns\nUnited States citizenship\nPreferred Qualifications:\nRelevant Azure or AWS certification strongly preferred; associate-level credentials are appropriate, and demonstrated practical expertise is more important than certification alone. Foundational certifications alone do not establish the required depth\nExperience in one or more of the following areas is valuable. Candidates are not expected to have experience with every technology or domain listed\nLarge or deeply composed Terraform codebases, multi-cloud abstractions, code generation, internal SDKs, testing frameworks or custom policy frameworks\nGitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, CDK8s, AKS, EKS or other Kubernetes and GitOps technologies\nDeep specialization in one or more of the listed cloud infrastructure domains\nPractical AI-assisted development and exposure to MCP, agentic workflows, RAG or comparable AI engineering patterns\n*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy\nPay 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 - $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.\nApplication 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.\nAt UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. 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