DevOps Engineer - IAM Cloud

IAM Cloud Engineering team at UHG specializes in developing capabilities that enable our cloud enterprise applications and protect access to our cloud assets, data and services. As a member of this innovative agile team, you will collaborate with others to maintain and optimize these capabilities, secure our growing cloud computing environments, and work with popular vendor and open‑source technologies, internally developed applications and cloud native services. This role is based in Ireland and offers flexible work arrangements between the Dublin or Letterkenny offices and telecommuting.

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• 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 and 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 of current application security controls
  

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• Proven hands‑on experience in deploying and operating resources in Azure and AWS
  
• Demonstrated solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and experience working with CI/CD technologies such as git and Terraform
  
• Proven hands‑on experience with Azure Identity and Access Management concepts and security frameworks
  
• Proven hands‑on experience with Entra ID and Entra Connect Sync
  
• Proven experience with federation technologies and protocols such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC, etc.
  
• Proven ample experience operating with cloud platforms, APIs and event‑driven automation
  
• Proficient with popular scripting and programming languages: Python, Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, Microsoft Graph API, Shell scripting
  
• Passion for innovation and enjoyment of building new solutions
  
• Technical and thought leadership skills, able to collaborate to deliver large, complex initiatives
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  

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• Certification in 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
  
• Previous experience with AWS IAM, multi‑factor authentication, user provisioning, service principal governance/management, privileged identity management (PIM), single sign‑on (SSO), domain management
  
• Experience with cloud IAM functionality across multiple public cloud services (IAM Roles, Permissions and Policies)
  
• Ability to implement and manage Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) to meet organizational access and security objectives
  
• Advocacy for CI/CD and DevOps best practices
  
• Fundamental understanding of PHI/PII data and related restrictions when using limited data sets or de‑identified data for analysis, development and testing
  

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• Opportunities for professional development
  
• Inclusive and supportive team culture
  
• Key benefits: private health insurance, wellness programs, matching pension contribution, lunch provided by the company, training opportunities, employee donation matching and others
  

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the Republic of Ireland to which you are applying. Proof of eligibility will be required to support your application. xcfaprz

Diversity creates a healthier workplace: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug‑free workplace.