Senior Windows DevOps Engineer - On-Prem (Remote)

Optum; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer - Windows On-Prem to design, develop, and maintain automated build and release pipelines across environments. The role spans code compilation, automated testing, and deployment, with a focus on Agile practices and a DevOps mindset.

You will mentor teams, advocate CI/CD, and enable seamless integration with Development, QA, Infrastructure, and Release Management. Remote work is supported within the U.S. for this position.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a DevOps Engineer with Windows On-Prem apps in an Agile Test-Driven environment.
• 4+ years of experience with PowerShell scripting language.
• 4+ years of experience with Azure DevOps On-Prem including building, managing, and troubleshooting YAML pipelines.
• 3+ years of experience mentoring junior engineers, leading DevOps initiatives through end-to-end delivery in complex environments.
• 2+ years of experience with continuous integration tools in On-Prem environments.
• Experience leveraging AI tools in the software development lifecycle to improve quality and efficiency.
• Experience leveraging load balancing tools and deployment models.
• Currently and actively working with all Azure DevOps On-Prem and at least 4 of the following tools: Octopus Deploy, PowerShell Scripting, SQL Databases and Scripts, NetScaler or F5 Load Balancers, Dynatrace, Elastic, Grafana monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Coach, train, and mentor a learning organization.
• Adapt to change while honoring delivery commitments by the development team.
• Work in a DevOps team on tactical and strategic tasks and automate manual work.
• Lead a project from inception to production and drive automated deployments across multiple applications.

Skills

DevOps experience

Mentoring

Agile/Test-Driven

Tools

Azure DevOps On-Prem

Octopus Deploy

PowerShell Scripting

SQL Databases

NetScaler / F5

Dynatrace

Elastic

Grafana

Job description

Optum is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer - Windows On-Prem to design, develop, and maintain automated build and release pipelines across environments. The role spans code compilation, automated testing, and deployment, with a focus on Agile practices and a DevOps mindset.

You will mentor teams, advocate CI/CD, and enable seamless integration with Development, QA, Infrastructure, and Release Management. Remote work is supported within the U.S. for this position.