SRE Principal: AI-Driven Reliability Leader

UnitedHealth Group; Minnetonka (MN); Remote; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to define and scale reliability practices across large-scale cloud platforms. This senior role emphasizes setting SRE standards and driving automation and AI-enabled operations.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in Site Reliability Engineering and a Bachelor's in a relevant field. While the position allows for remote work, candidates in MN are preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, or Cloud Engineering.
• Experience influencing multiple teams or platforms without direct ownership.
• Solid understanding of system design, performance, scalability, and failure modes.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive SRE standards across teams.
• Lead implementation of SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and observability.
• Improve reliability through automation and proactive risk mitigation.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

Software Engineering

Cloud Engineering

Automation

AI-enabled approaches

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field

Tools

Azure

OpenTelemetry

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to define and scale reliability practices across large-scale cloud platforms. This senior role emphasizes setting SRE standards and driving automation and AI-enabled operations.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in Site Reliability Engineering and a Bachelor's in a relevant field. While the position allows for remote work, candidates in MN are preferred.