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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), you'll play a critical role in ensuring the availability, performance, and scalability of our AWS RDS PostgreSQL databases. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and love solving complex database challenges, read on!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with software engineers and architects to design and optimize database schemas, indexes, and queries

• Evaluate and implement best practices for database performance, security, and scalability

• Monitor and maintain the health of production and development databases

• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, query optimization, and replication issues

• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies

• Leverage infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) to manage database resources

• Automate routine tasks using scripts (Python, Bash) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet)

• Implement and enforce security policies for data access, encryption, and authentication

• Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Development, QA) to improve database reliability

• Document procedures, runbooks, and incident response processes

• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field

• Minimum 5 years of proven experience managing AWS RDS PostgreSQL databases in a production environment

• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus)

• Solid SQL skills and expertise in query optimization

• Familiarity with PostgreSQL extensions, replication, and high availability configurations

• Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash)

• Proven excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Database - Specialty)

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of other database/datastore systems (MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

#LETSGROWAt 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.