Software Engineer

Summary

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum organization delivers technology-enabled care and health optimization services. The Software Engineer will maintain and advance an in-house Cyber Defense Tooling product for the Security Operations Center, architect innovative solutions, automate operational processes, and coordinate development across Enterprise Information Security projects.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implement solutions that exemplify modern software engineering practices
• Enhances system design to simplify and improve resiliency in system interactions and dependencies
• Maintains current perspective on technology trends and applies that to personal and team capability growth
• Actively participates in code review and maintenance
• Champions 'automation first' mentality throughout engineering and operations practices
• Drives code reuse and minimizes redundant development
• Has strong familiarity with many technologies and shares that knowledge with others
• Grow and mature automated response processes in the Security Operations Center
• Support cross team collaboration in Enterprise Information Security to drive execution of initiatives
• Distribute and provide technical material and updates to leadership
• Drive increased productivity through operational excellence
• Perform all other related duties as assigned
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement

Skills

• 4+ years of experience with software development
• 4+ years of Golang experience or 4+ years of experience in 2 backend languages, at least one of which is compiled but not limited to (Eg Java, C, C#, C++, Rust etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with JavaScript and at least one JavaScript framework (Vue, React)
• 1+ year of experience with commercial Cloud hosting environments including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure, specifically regarding tooling, best practices, and security
• 1+ years of experience with Git
• Familiarity with relational databases
• 1+ years of experience with containerization tools such as Docker
• Knowledge of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Demonstrated experience leading projects focused on innovations and development of information systems and/or security solutions
• Experience working in security operations, cyber defense, or application security
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Software Certifications: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Familiarity with network design and implementation
• Familiar with graph databases such as AWS Neptune

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 4+ years of experience with software development
• 4+ years of Golang experience or 4+ years of experience in 2 backend languages, at least one of which is compiled but not limited to (Eg Java, C, C#, C++, Rust etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with JavaScript and at least one JavaScript framework (Vue, React)
• 1+ year of experience with commercial Cloud hosting environments including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure, specifically regarding tooling, best practices, and security
• 1+ years of experience with Git

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with relational databases
• 1+ years of experience with containerization tools such as Docker
• Knowledge of Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Demonstrated experience leading projects focused on innovations and development of information systems and/or security solutions
• Experience working in security operations, cyber defense, or application security
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Software Certifications: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Familiarity with network design and implementation
• Familiar with graph databases such as AWS Neptune

Benefits

• Flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• Clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role
• Development for other roles you may be interested in