I O Engineering Consultant

Optum India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to design, deploy and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with engineers, data analysts and architects to support live cloud products and data platforms.

The role emphasizes governance, automation, and monitoring using Azure services such as Databricks, Data Factory, ARM templates, and Terraform, with strong emphasis on IAM and security best practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with Azure and cloud infrastructure.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure.
• 3+ years of experience with Databricks on Azure.
• 3+ years of experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• 3+ years of experience with Terraform.
• 3+ years of experience doing analytics platform/infrastructure work.
• Experience with PowerShell, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps for automation.
• Experience working on Azure Key Vault, Kubernetes secrets, and Hashicorp Vault.
• Experience with monitoring and operational tooling like Log Analytics and Azure Monitor.
• Experience in security, performance, and monitoring design.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage high-availability Azure cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability and security.
• Design data lake patterns with Azure Data Lake Storage gen 2.
• Implement and monitor Azure resources including virtual networks, storage, and Azure Active Directory.
• Build an extensible environment and manage VMs, VM scale sets, containers, analytics compute with Azure Databricks.
• Implement governance and security practices, including RBAC, policies, and Azure Security Center.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment through Terraform and GitHub-Jenkins integration.
• Administer Power BI including user access, data security, and performance.
• Monitor cost and performance with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and related tools.
• Prioritize modularity, reusability, and componentization of solutions.
• Collaborate with distributed cross-organizational teams of engineers, architects, and data analysts.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

IAM concepts

Monitoring

CI/CD

Tools

Azure Data Factory

ARM templates

Terraform

Kubernetes

Hashi Vault

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Power BI Administration

Job description

Overview

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, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale.

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage high-availability Azure cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability and security
• Design data lake patterns with Azure Data Lake Storage gen 2
• Implement and monitor Azure resources including virtual networks, storage, and Azure Active Directory
• Build an extensible environment and manage VMs, VM scale sets, containers, analytics compute environment with Azure Databricks that can be used directly by the end user as well as integrated with additional components like Power BI
• Implement Azure governance and security practices, including RBAC, policies, Managing Cluster and Azure Security Center
• Manage pipelines for CI/CD and Release Management workflows / GitHub-Jenkins integration and deployment through Terraform
• Administer Power BI including user access, data security, and performance
• Cloud monitoring Experience with Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights, and Log Analytics and cost monitoring of Workspace or other open-source tools
• Prioritize modularity, reusability, and componentization of solutions
• Work collaboratively with a distributed cross‑org team of engineers, architects, and data analysts
• Support products that are live in the cloud by building monitoring and testing tooling, responding to real‑time customer‑reported incidents, monitoring for errors and performance‑impacting events, and defining best practices for operational readiness
• This role will habitually interact with internal and external customers on security‑related projects and operational tasks

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work independently as well as with a team
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
• 3+ years of experience with Databricks on Azure
• 3+ years of experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• 3+ years of experience with Terraform
• 3+ years of experience doing analytics platform/infrastructure work
• Experience with PowerShell, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps for automation
• Experience working on Azure Key Vault, Kubernetes secrets, and Hashicorp Vault
• Experience with a range of Azure native monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling: Activity Log, Network Monitoring, Security Center, Log Analytics, Metrics Explorer, etc.
• Experience designing security, performance, and operational monitoring and alerting systems and processes
• Experience with open-source monitoring and operations tools
• Experience in support/operations/monitoring role
• Experience and understanding of modern Identity & Access Management concepts and best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL v3 certification
• Microsoft Certified: Azure certification is a plus
• Experience with Power BI Administration
• Experience working in Windows/Unix/Linux environments
• Experience integrating with disparate data sources (EPIC, Hadoop, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience in migrating existing on‑prem product to cloud
• Healthcare IT experience with compliance such as HIPAA and/or HITRUST, experience with security controls
• Expertise in formal architecture, design patterns and best practices for Azure cloud services

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.