Remote Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

UnitedHealth Group; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking an Infrastructure & Operations Engineer in California to design, deploy, secure, and maintain robust enterprise infrastructure. You will work remotely from anywhere in the U.S.

to ensure high availability, performance, and security across platforms, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and following governance requirements. The role emphasizes automation, risk mitigation, incident response, and documentation, with a focus on leveraging AI tools and industry

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of relevant infrastructure engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure engineering, or IT operations.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience supporting enterprise operating systems (e.g., Windows Servers).
• 5+ years of experience managing enterprise infrastructure systems, including servers, storage and virtualization.
• 3+ years of experience with TCP/IP networking concepts, including L2/L3 networking, routing, switching, and firewall technologies.
• 2+ years of experience with enterprise security and endpoint management tools, including Tanium, Tenable, Trend Micro EDR, DLP, Flexera, or equivalent solutions.
• 2+ years of experience with enterprise ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow) supporting incident and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Use enterprise‑approved AI tools (Co‑pilot, ChatGPT) to streamline workflows and automate tasks.
• Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain core enterprise infrastructure systems for high availability and performance.
• Monitor system metrics, perform proactive incident triage, and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Implement automation scripts and workflows to streamline routine tasks.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering and security teams to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Perform system updates, capacity management, security patching, and disaster recovery execution.
• Maintain documentation of infrastructure configurations and SOPs.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Systems administration

IT operations

Networking TCP/IP

Security tools

ITSM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years infrastructure experience

Tools

Tanium

Tenable

Trend Micro EDR

DLP

Flexera

ServiceNow

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking an Infrastructure & Operations Engineer in California to design, deploy, secure, and maintain robust enterprise infrastructure. You will work remotely from anywhere in the U.S.

to ensure high availability, performance, and security across platforms, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and following governance requirements. The role emphasizes automation, risk mitigation, incident response, and documentation, with a focus on leveraging AI tools and industry