Requisition Number: 2347977 For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. To support this mission, OSIT has initiated a multi-year modernization program aimed at updating and enhancing enterprise technology systems in accordance with modern design standards. The Software Architect will play a key role: working within our legacy application as we update it to a cloud-native platform which follows modern design standards. As a Software Architect at Optum Serve, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions. 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. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week. Primary Responsibilities: - Design and develop software architectures using modern design patterns such as SOLID principles and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) - Collaborate with development teams to create high-quality, maintainable code using .NET and Angular - Provide technical guidance to the engineering team regarding the software design, promoting best practices and continuous improvement - Conduct architectural reviews and ensure alignment with business goals and technical requirements - Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and apply them to improve our software solutions - Work closely with stakeholders and the Business Architects (BAA) to understand and translate their needs into technical solutions You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience with software development - 5+ years of experience with the following design patterns: specifically, Domain-Driven-Design, Event-Driven-Architecture, Clean Architecture, and Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) - 5+ years of experience with microservice application design - 5+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) - 2+ years of experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and messaging systems - United States citizenship - Must be able to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance - Up to 10% travel Preferred Qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field - 3+ years of experience with NIST and SOC security frameworks - 3+ years of networking principles in Cloud environments - 2+ years of monitoring tools such as Elastic Search, Prometheus, and Open Telemetry - 2+ years of experience with broker systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ - 2+ years of modernizing legacy systems - 2+ years of experience integrating with various technologies and third party systems Experience with cloud-native architecture and Microsoft Azure - Understanding of SOLID principles *All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 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. OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

• Winning the confidence of our prospective customers through the successful delivery of discovery, analysis and design workshops that shape and influence the customer’s use cases and architecture design decisions to align with the Red Hat solution. • Designing and scoping delivery projects as well as leading consulting teams through successful customer pilot and production deployments. • The design, creation and delivery of content that enables the broader Red Hat organization to sell (pre-sales), service (consulting) and support (CEE) our solutions at scale. • Work closely with product business units, product engineering, consulting, support, and sales to ensure a world-class customer experience with Red Hat’s products. • Contribute to the development of repeatable methodologies and tools designed to scale Red Hat’s services capabilities, promote repeatable customer engagements, and lower delivery risk. • Demonstrate thought leadership in the community by producing world-class white papers, webinars, etc. and speaking at industry leading conferences.

• Develop and maintain application and capability roadmaps aligned to organizational strategy. • Partner with operational and clinical leaders to identify opportunities for innovation and workflow improvement. • Lead technology discussions that support population health, care management, ambulatory operations, and value-based care initiatives. • Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations to leadership. • Serve as the primary architect for assigned domains and applications. • Participate in governance, architectural review, and strategic planning activities. • Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long-term technology strategy. • Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve system integration, and optimize application portfolios. • Build strong partnerships with operational leaders, clinicians, project teams, and vendors. • Facilitate workshops, strategic planning sessions, and business acceleration initiatives. • Translate operational needs into technology solutions and architectural recommendations. • Provide mentorship and guidance to analysts and project teams. • Support major initiatives through planning, design, and implementation phases. • Assess impacts across workflows, applications, integrations, and reporting solutions. • Ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles. • Assist with prioritization and strategic alignment of project portfolios.

Role Description We are seeking a seasoned Microservices Architect to lead the design and evolution of large-scale microservices ecosystems built on modern container platforms and cloud-native technology stacks. The role requires deep expertise in: - Service decomposition - Domain-driven design - Distributed data management - Runtime concerns such as resilience, observability, and security at scale The ideal candidate brings hands-on architectural leadership across complex transformations, with a clear point of view on: - When microservices are the right answer - How to evolve them safely - How to keep the resulting estate maintainable over the long term Qualifications - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline - Eight or more years of software engineering experience, with several years in architecture roles - Deep expertise in microservices design, domain-driven design, and distributed systems patterns - Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies - Proficiency in at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, or C# - Strong understanding of API design, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous messaging - Experience operating high-traffic, latency-sensitive systems in production - Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and managed services across at least one major provider - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - Demonstrated ability to lead architecture initiatives spanning multiple teams Requirements - Define microservices architecture standards, service boundaries, and decomposition strategies aligned with domain-driven design principles - Lead the modernization of legacy monoliths into well-bounded, independently deployable services with clear ownership - Design service communication patterns leveraging REST, gRPC, asynchronous messaging, and event streaming as appropriate - Establish API contracts, schema governance, and versioning strategies that enable safe evolution of services over time - Architect resilient distributed systems incorporating circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, and graceful degradation patterns - Define data ownership models, transactional boundaries, and patterns such as outbox, saga, and CQRS where appropriate - Lead the design of platform capabilities including service mesh, API gateway, identity propagation, and shared observability - Drive performance engineering, capacity planning, and scalability analysis across critical service domains - Establish CI/CD, testing, and deployment standards optimized for high-frequency, low-risk service releases - Define observability standards including structured logging, distributed tracing, and SLO-driven monitoring - Collaborate with security teams to ensure zero-trust principles, secrets management, and runtime protection are embedded - Mentor engineers and tech leads on microservices best practices and anti-pattern avoidance - Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on service design proposals across multiple teams - Continuously evaluate emerging cloud-native technologies for adoption based on maturity and strategic fit Benefits - Competitive base salary commensurate with experience - Full-time, direct W2 employment with Bright Vision Technologies - Long-term, multi-year engagement aligned to the Bright Vision SOW delivery roadmap