AWS Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of SREs to ensure high-quality delivery and professional growth
• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable systems using cloud-native technologies
• Develop and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies to ensure optimal system performance and user experience
• Automate operational tasks and drive infrastructure-as-code (IaC) adoption
• Proactively identify and resolve reliability risks, bottlenecks, and performance issues
• Leverage AI to collaborate with engineering and product teams on architecture, code reviews, and incident response
• Lead post-incident reviews (blameless retrospectives), root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Streamline migration processes, ensure consistency and enhance efficiency through automation, AI and innovative solutions
• Define Service Level Objectives (SLOs)/Service Level Indicators (SLIs), track error budgets, and report on system health to stakeholders
• Ensure compliance and security standards are integrated into system operations
• Stay current with emerging technologies and SRE best practices
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree OR CS OR IT related field
• 3+ years of experience with Cloud SDKs with AWS using Java (Spring Boot microservices), Scala, and Python
• 3+ years of experience with Distributed Data services (DynamoDB/Athena or similar)
• 3+ years of experience with AWS Cloud: S3, CloudWatch, ECS, Lambda, RDS, EMR, AWS ECS
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions or similar

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Unix, Hadoop, HBase and Hive
• Experience working with offshore and onsite teams as part of job requirement
• Proven good communication skills
• 3+ years of experience in Elastic APM
• 3 years with Scala
• 3 years with Kubernetes Clusters

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Pay and Schedule

The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment.

Schedule

All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.