Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - AI/ML & DevOps Architect

UnitedHealth Group; Ulster; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is hiring a Cloud Engineer in Ireland to design, build and operate secure Azure cloud platforms supporting data, ML and generative AI workloads. You will craft scalable, compliant cloud solutions and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and governance.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, IaC templates, and observability, while optimizing cost and performance. A bachelor’s degree and Azure experience are required; hybrid work from Dublin or Letterkenny is

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on design, build and support of enterprise cloud infrastructure with Azure.
• Experience with IaC and automation (Terraform, Pulumi or similar).
• CI/CD, version control, automated testing, production release support.
• Linux-based system administration in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, security, and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run secure Azure cloud infrastructure for data, ML and AI workloads.
• Develop reusable IaC templates and automation for repeatable delivery.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud infra and services.
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability for reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, security and product teams.
• Support production systems through incident response and RCA.
• Apply cloud security, IAM, networking and data protection best practices.
• Optimize cloud usage, cost, and performance across environments.
• Create and maintain runbooks and platform standards.
• Contribute to disaster recovery and resilience planning for critical services.

Skills

Azure cloud infra

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD practices

Linux systems

Cloud networking

Cloud security & IAM

Monitoring & observability

Kubernetes / AKS

Education

Bachelor's degree (relevant field)

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

AKS

Job description

Optum is hiring a Cloud Engineer in Ireland to design, build and operate secure Azure cloud platforms supporting data, ML and generative AI workloads. You will craft scalable, compliant cloud solutions and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and governance.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, IaC templates, and observability, while optimizing cost and performance. A bachelor’s degree and Azure experience are required; hybrid work from Dublin or Letterkenny is