Senior Software Engineer - Java, Kafka

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Open to learn and apply new technologies quickly, build and demonstrate technical feasibility by building PoCs, pilots in quick time
• Ability to be ready to take up any technical challenges and should be research oriented
• Ability to be adaptable and transformable to learn latest technologies as per business needs
• Ability to optimize the application code and maintain good design practices
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
  
  

Eligibility

To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum 12 months in the current Role/Grade/Level
• Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
• Employees currently at Grade 25 will move to the next grade and Grade 276(Lateral Movement) can apply for this position
• Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectation
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Spring boot, Hibernate, Web Service concepts, REST service concepts, XML, JSON
• Hands on experience in Kafka
• Experience with the ability to write complex SQL, understand complex procedures and triggers
• Exposure to tools such as Jenkins, GIT, Sonar, Fortify, Selenium
• Hands-on in development of Web applications using as per project needs
• Good team player, change/innovation agents and self-starter on different techs
• Hands-on in Spring boot, Hibernate, Web Service concepts, REST service concepts, XML, JSON
• Hands-on Rest API, Micro Services concepts and the implementation best-practices, and integration with on premise/cloud-hosted 3rd party systems
• Knowledge in Cloud deployment prefer on Open Shift or Azure
• Understanding of DevOps and current hands-on experience with automation tools such as Jenkins, Maven, Git, Docker, etc.
• Sound DevOps knowledge related to Continuous Integration/Delivery solutions & Platform Automation
  
  

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.

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