Windows Engineer - Remote

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry-leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual’s physical, mental and social needs – helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere.

As a team member of our Landmark product, we help bring home-based medical care to complex, chronic patients. This life-changing work helps give older adults more days at home.

We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team, it’s your chance to improve the lives of millions while doing your life’s best work.(sm)

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support/manage world-wide Enterprise-class, multi-forest Active Directory environments, including infrastructure maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting
• Enforcement of standards
• Participate in integration of new business activities
• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
• Server Build and Patching
• Respond to, evaluate and fulfill end-user requests/tickets for assistance
• Develop and maintain automation processes
• Evaluates system specifications, input/output processes, and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility
• Diagnose and solve problems facing Windows Infrastructure
• Evaluate new developments and recommend infrastructure modifications
• Work with teammates, clients, and other teams to identify and address systems problems
• Operation and security of Windows Infrastructure including Active Directory across the company
• Assist in defining standards, guidelines, best practices, and metrics
• Develop new and improve existing processes and procedures as it relates to maintenance, automation, system testing, and functional validation
• Manage Active Directory projects, including integrations and Mergers and Acquisitions
• Participate in 24/7 On-call rotation
• Respond to Enterprise system monitoring Software such as Solarwinds or Zabbix

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:

• Skills in scripting (preferably powershell)
• Experience using common Active Directory tools (DSQuery, ADSI edit, LDIF, LDAP tools, etc.)
• Experience supporting (+5,000 user) Active Directory environments
• Specific knowledge and experience with Microsoft tools for Active Directory, Microsoft Windows System Administration, Active Directory Migration Tools
• 3+ years of progressive experience in IT Infrastructure and Engineering
• Experience troubleshooting authentication issues related to Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP and DNS

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates degree or equivalent work experience
• Certifications such as but not limited to: Certified Network Engineer or Analyst, Microsoft Certified
• Experience working in an Agile process
• Solid knowledge of information security concepts
• Experience with Linux/Red Hat Enterprise
• Proven ability to stay abreast of new technology
• Experience supporting Tier 0 / Tier 1 production infrastructure
• Proven ability to consult with application development and other teams on migration and connectivity to public cloud structures
• Proven ability to configure and support Azure Active Directory
• Proven ability to implement changes to highly critical production infrastructure
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Proven ability to meet NAC security clearance
• Knowledge of systems management and Patching with Tanium
• Understanding of principles of ITIL, change management and configuration management
• Experience supporting Microsoft PKI, and working with PKI vendors
• Experience with VMware vCenter
• Proven ability to deal with all levels of management
• Experience with Azure AD
• Experience supporting on premise Active Directory
• Proven ability to deal with all levels of management

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $67,800 to $133,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.