Senior DevOps Engineer – Letterkenny or Dublin
Optum – a global organization delivering care through technology. This role directly improves health outcomes by connecting people with pharmacy benefits, data and resources. Join us to advance health equity on a global scale.
Location: Letterkenny or Dublin, Ireland.
Primary Responsibilities
* Define and develop solutions to enforce least privilege access policies
* Implement and manage access controls, including role-based access control (RBAC)
* Monitor, log, and analyze system performance using Azure operations suite to maintain system health and optimize costs
* Develop and implement disaster recovery and data backup strategies and solutions to maintain business continuity
* Collaborate with development teams to enable CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment using Azure services
* Establish and maintain cloud identity governance frameworks
* Develop and maintain guardrails to enforce/measure IAM cloud compliance with regulatory requirements
* Conduct periodic access reviews and monitor user activity
* Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives
* Advise on best practices for cloud security, reliability, and scalability
* Drive innovation and discovery efforts around new Azure features and services
* Participate in the development of prototypes and large-scale proof of concepts
* Maintain knowledge around current application security controls
Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a relevant subject Or equivalent experience
* Experience as a security-focused DevOps
* Hands‑on experience deploying and operating resources in Azure and AWS
* Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and experience working with CI/CD technologies such as git and Terraform
* Hands‑on experience in Entra ID and Entra Connect Sync
* Hands‑on experience developing and managing Organization policies
* Hands‑on experience with federation technologies and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC, etc.
* Proven experience operating with cloud platforms, APIs and event‑driven automation
* Proficient with popular scripting and programming language frameworks such as Python, Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, Microsoft Graph API, Shell Scripting languages
Preferred Qualifications
* Working experience in AWS Identity and Access Management, multi‑factor authentication, user provisioning, service principal governance/management, privileged Identity management (PIM), single sign‑on (SSO), domain management
* Working experience with Cloud IAM functionality across multiple public cloud services (IAM Roles, Permissions and Policies)
* Experience implementing and managing Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) to meet organizational access and security objectives
* Hold a fundamental understanding of PHI/PII data and the restrictions around it using limited data sets/de‑identified data for analysis/development and testing where applicable
* Certifications: CompTIA Security+, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, Azure Fundamentals, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Security (Specialty), CCSP or similar
Soft Skills
* Passionate about innovation and enjoys the challenges of creating something new
* Technical and thought leadership skills and ability to collaborate with others to successfully deliver on large, complex initiatives
* Written and verbal communication skills
Legal Statements
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, gender re‑assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug‑free workplace.
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