Architect

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.

Seeking a visionary G29 Architect with deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture, Modern Engineering, Cloud, Data, and AI to lead the next phase of TechOpsHub's evolution into an AI-powered Decision Intelligence platform.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in software engineering and architecture with hands-on experience in Generative AI, Agentic AI, enterprise data platforms, cloud technologies, and modern software delivery practices.

An individual in the Architecture job family is a strategic resource for UnitedHealth Group. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies. In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting on in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a solid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the architectural vision and technology strategy for TechOpsHub, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and future-state roadmap
• Design scalable, secure, cloud-native, and AI-enabled solutions that support business-critical platforms and decision intelligence capabilities
• Drive AI-first innovation by leveraging Generative AI, Agentic AI, intelligent automation, and advanced analytics to deliver measurable business value
• Establish and enforce engineering, architecture, security, and DevSecOps best practices to ensure platform reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Infrastructure, and Business leaders to shape roadmaps, solve complex technical challenges, and accelerate delivery
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
• Reviews the work of others
• Develops innovative approaches
• Sought out as expert
• Serves as a leader/ mentor
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of technology experience with 3+ years in architecture roles
• Experience leading architecture for data-intensive and business-critical platforms
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
• Solid hands-on software engineering background with expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, databases, messaging, and integration architecture
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions across multiple teams and stakeholders

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.