Python Job: Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - Chatbot - Letterkenny (Hybrid)

The Enterprise Information Security (EIS) Security Engineering team is responsible for enabling secure software deployment and building the vulnerability remediation ecosystem across our technology landscape through the development and operation of security tools and platforms for teams within EIS and Optum. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our ChatOps development team and help build out its capabilities.

Our Senior Software Engineers cover all primary development activities. These activities include but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, operations, and guiding less experienced software engineers.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities:

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  Define and Develop ChatOps practices within EIS
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  Mentor and support less experienced software engineers
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  Deliver technical material and updates to leadership
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  Understand new product capabilities and decompose the implementation into specific functional changes for verification
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  Contribute to product roadmap
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  Decompose product capabilities into deliverable features
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  Support cross team collaboration across EIS to drive execution of initiatives
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  Perform all other related duties as assigned
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  Implement API and chat capabilities, build cloud deployment platforms, and work across fully automated stacks in a CI / CD ecosystem
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  Implement best practices and coding standards of the project
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  Perform all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development & testing, and operational support
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  Design and implement product features in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders
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  Design, develop and test reusable frameworks, libraries, and components
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  Participate in Agile and DevOps methodology to deliver high-quality software releases
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  Collaborate with the scrum team to meet project timelines
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  Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance
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  Troubleshoot production support issues post-deployment and come up with solutions as required

Required Qualifications

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  Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related subject
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  Demonstrated experience developing/designing/maintaining chatbots in a production environment
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  Demonstrated experience creating shared components, libraries, standards, and best practices
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  Proficient experience developing/maintaining APIs in JavaScript/Typescript, Python, and/or Java

Preferred Qualifications

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  Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related subject
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  Experience working in security operations, cyber defense, or application security
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  Experience with Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Github, Jenkins, Terraform
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  Experience with JSON, GraphQL, RESTful Web Services
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  Experience with AI/ML/NLP, Recommendation Engine, and/or Knowledge Graph
  

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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