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:

• Utilize open-source and licensed tools/frameworks such as Apache JMeter, Performance Center, NeoLoad, Locust, Gatling for performance testing
• Leverage Cloud and AI to achieve team goals
• Consult on end-to-end performance testing including requirements gathering, building scripts and scenarios, test execution, analyze results and generate reports
• Use of monitoring tools to help diagnose, improve and resolve performance issues
• Handle multiple projects at once in a very dynamic environment
• Train and mentor resources through the organization to establish best 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

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years performance testing experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with JMeter or other open-source test frameworks
• Experience creating test scripts against multiple technologies such as API, Web, Citrix
• Proven excellent communication skills to present to teams and conduct meetings
• Proven self-starter to research for solutions, learn new technology and applying it to enhance application performance
• Ability to work off hours

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud platform certification in Azure, GCP, or AWS
• Performance Engineering and/or SRE Certification 
• Experience using AI tools
• Experience with monitoring tools such as DynaTrace, New Relic, Splunk
• Knowledge of healthcare application performance testing

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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