Senior DevOps Engineer

UnitedHealth Group; Chennai District; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks skilled professionals to strengthen IAM, cloud security, and DevOps across Azure and AWS environments. The role emphasizes secure, compliant cloud deployments, AI/ML workflow governance and scalable architectures.

You will contribute to disaster recovery, networking, and policy governance while aligning with enterprise security standards and cost optimization for AI workloads.

Qualifications

• Graduation degree required.
• Experience in DevOps, scripting, Python and JavaScript.
• Strong foundation in cloud security concepts and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Identity and Access Management (IAM) responsibilities.
• Cloud Policies & Governance implementation.
• Cloud Compliance & Governance.
• Azure ARM/Bicep templating and deployment.
• Disaster Recovery planning and validation.
• Azure Firewall configuration and management.
• Networking tasks: ExpressRoute/VPN, VNets, peering.
• Conditional Access and Zero Trust implementations.
• Maintain edgy architecture patterns for microservices.
• Event-driven architecture using EventGrid/ServiceBus.
• AI/ML lifecycle tooling and feature pipelines.
• Model packaging, versioning and deployment governance.
• Cost and capacity optimization for AI workloads.
• Shadow/Canary/A-B deployment strategies.
• Model supply chain security and governance.
• Compliance with employment contracts and company policies.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

DevOps

Scripting

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Security Fundamentals

Zero Trust

Monitoring

ML Ops

LLMOps

AI Security

RBAC

Azure Policies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure ARM/Bicep

ServiceBus

Grafana

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Key Vault

Azure Firewall

ExpressRoute

WAF

NSG

ASG

VNet

Job description

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. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Cloud Policies & Governance
• Cloud Compliance & Governance
• Azure ARM/Bicep (Templates)
• Disaster Recovery
• Azure Firewall
• ExpressRoute / VPN Gateway
• Conditional Access / Zero Trust
• Microservices Reference Architecture
• Event-driven Architecture (EventGrid, ServiceBus)
• Vector DB & RAG Lifecycle Management
• Prompt/Chain Versioning & Evaluation
• Cost & Capacity Optimization for AI
• Shadow/Canary/A-B Model Deployment
• Model Supply Chain Security
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Must have graduations degree
• DevOpsProgramming & ScriptingShell Scripting
• Python
• JavaScript
• Security & DevSecOpsSecurity Fundamentals
• Cloud & Deployments - Security
• CI/CD & AutomationAutomation and CI/CD
• GitHub Actions
• Code Quality Scanning Tools
• Artifact Management
• Cloud Infrastructure & DeploymentsCloud Infrastructure Management
• Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/AKS)
• Cloud Networking (AWS + Azure)
• Hybrid Cloud Integration (AWS + Azure)
• IaCTerraform
• Monitoring & ReliabilityMonitoring & Logging (CloudWatch, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Azure NetworkAzure Virtual Networks (VNets, subnets, peering)
• Application Gateway / WAF
• Network Security Groups (NSG) & ASG
• Azure SecurityAzure Security Center / Defender for Cloud
• Key Vault (Secrets, Certificates, KM)
• Azure Policies (Governance/Compliance)
• RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
• Azure ArchitectureWell-Architected Framework (Reliability, Ops, Cost, Sec, Perf)
• Landing Zones (CAF)
• Hub-Spoke Architecture
• Scalability & HA Patterns (Autoscaling, Zonal setups)
• AI/MLOps & LLMOpsData Ingestion & Feature Pipelines
• Model Packaging & Versioning (Docker/ONNX/Registry)
• CI/CT/CD for ML (eval gates, data checks)
• ML Observability (drift, lineage, performance)
• Inference Infrastructure (GPU nodes, autoscaling, AKS/EKS)
• AI Security & Guardrails
• Responsible AI (Bias, fairness, audit trails)
• Dataset & Feature Governance
• Secrets/KMS for AI Systems
• Retraining & Rollback Strategy
• AI Telemetry & Tracing (token/cost/latency metrics)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Threat Modeling
• Serverless (Lambda, Azure Functions)
• Azure Front Door (Global Load Balancing)
• Just-in-Time Access (JIT)
• LLM Tooling & Safety Integrations
• Edge/Hybrid AI Deployments
• Serverless AI Patterns

User Responsibilities:

Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks. Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation.

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.