[Remote] Senior Software and DevOps Engineer - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is a global leader in health care innovation, developing solutions across data analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and health care technology. The Senior Software and DevOps Engineer will design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and support critical rules applications and cloud-enabled systems, partnering with architects, business operations, and application teams to deliver secure and resilient software.

Responsibilities

• Developing and managing business rules in IBM ODM, including rule authoring, decision tables, and ruleflow maintenance
• Design and build REST and GraphQL APIs in Java
• Design and implement Kafka producers and consumers including schema design, partitioning strategy, and reliable message processing
• Setup and manage deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, including reusable workflows, environment secrets, and automated deployment rules
• Experience integrating JFrog Artifactory with CI/CD pipelines for storing, publishing, versioning, and promoting build artifacts
• Writing JUnit tests with high code coverage, ability to identify and remediate issues from static and dynamic code analysis tools (e.g., CodeQL, SonarQube, security scanners)
• Work with MySQL, including designing high performance database schemas optimized for high volume transactional workloads
• Perform system testing and end to end testing to ensure the delivery of high quality, resilient, and secure code to production, and provide support for production systems as needed
• Deploying services on Kubernetes based platforms (e.g., HCC K8s), including configuration, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Use observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Zabbix, and Grafana to monitor logs, track application performance, analyze trends, and proactively identify issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, Business users and operations
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussion, and agile ceremonies
• Support the application in production, ensuring availability, stability, and timely issue resolution
• Participate in PLM activities, ensuring compliance with organizational release governance and alignment with CI/CD and deployment lifecycle requirements
• Maintain detailed and up to date documentation for application features, system behavior, and associated security controls to support engineering and operational excellence
• Utilize AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot etc.) for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation
• Apply AI tools to improve test coverage, code quality, and productivity
• Stay updated with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in IT, with solid focus on application engineering and production operations
• Hands on experience designing, developing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting applications in production environments
• Solid experience with cloud platforms, APIs, event driven automation, and integration patterns
• Solid experience with Java, Maven, XML, REST APIs, microservices, and web services
• Solid SQL skills and experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience in scripting and automation using Python, Power Automate, Microsoft Graph API, and shell scripting
• Working knowledge of AI tools and their application in engineering workflows
• Knowledge of US Healthcare insurance with focus on payer side claims processing
• Exposure to Kafka or other streaming platforms
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions
• Proven excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts clearly
• Comfortable working with global, distributed teams in a fast paced environment

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• The flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.
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