Optum is a global health organization dedicated to improving lives through innovative technology. Join our team to make a direct impact on health outcomes by connecting individuals with essential care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources. We foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration with talented peers, and offer comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Contribute to advancing health optimization worldwide and be part of our mission to Care, Connect, and Grow together.

This role is within the Technology category.

As a key member of our engineering team, you will design and develop performance test scripts for Pega-based applications. Responsibilities include assisting with issue diagnosis and resolution, providing workarounds, or escalating as needed. You will identify and propose PRPC enhancements based on requirement trends, demonstrating a strong understanding of both business processes and technical application frameworks. Additionally, you will identify and implement Performance Test Framework enhancements to meet project functional requirements or compliance needs. Adherence to all company policies and directives, including those related to work location, team assignments, and work schedules, is essential.

We are seeking a Senior Capacity-Technology Performance Management Consultant with a minimum of 7 years of software development project experience. Essential skills include hands-on experience with performance testing tools like HP Load Runner, JMeter, Blaze Meter, and CYARA, along with enterprise-level profiling and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, HP Diagnostics, Splunk, App Dynamics, Grafana, SiteScope, and Zabbix. Proficiency in performance, capacity, and endurance testing, including results analysis and remediation recommendations, is mandatory, with specific emphasis on JMeter expertise.

Proven experience in deploying application builds, managing database schemas, configuring data sources, and setting up applications in performance environments is required. Team leadership and management experience are also key. Candidates should possess experience in prototyping and performance tuning applications across various operating systems and computing platforms. A solid understanding of JVM tuning, GC logs, memory leak analysis, JConsole, JVisualVM, AWR, ADDM report analysis, and NMON reports is necessary. Familiarity with installing WebLogic Server and Oracle database servers on OCIs, agile methodologies (SCRUM), and hosting Pega applications on OpenShift platforms is expected.

Candidates must demonstrate an ability to organize and facilitate discussions with groups of 5 or more people across all levels, along with strong oral and written communication skills. Preferred qualifications include expertise in performance script development using protocols like Web-HTTP/HTML, Web Services, SAP Web, and specific experience writing performance scripts for Pega-based applications. Knowledge of POSTGRESQL and K8 is advantageous. Healthcare domain knowledge is also a plus.