Principal I O Engineering - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Principal Storage Engineer is responsible for the technical strategy, engineering oversight, capacity planning, and operational stewardship of enterprise storage and infrastructure platforms. This role provides engineering leadership for storage, data protection, automation, and infrastructure modernization initiatives while ensuring platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost optimization across the enterprise. The Principal Storage Engineer partners with architecture, engineering, operations, product teams, and business stakeholders to design and manage storage services that support critical business applications and data workloads. 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.

Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms Develop technical standards and engineering best practices for storage, backup, and data management solutions Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic platform improvements Serve as a senior technical advisor for infrastructure modernization and transformation efforts Own storage capacity forecasting, utilization reporting, and growth modeling Analyze platform consumption trends and develop recommendations for expansion, consolidation, and optimization Create executive and operational reports supporting infrastructure investment decisions Manage storage inventory, refresh planning, and technology lifecycle activities Drive automation initiatives that improve provisioning, monitoring, deployment, and operational efficiency Simplify operational processes to reduce manual effort and improve service delivery Provide engineering guidance to project teams, infrastructure teams, and operational support groups Lead technical reviews, solution design discussions, and complex troubleshooting efforts Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the organization Coordinate cross-functional efforts involving storage, compute, networking, and data protection teams Ensure platform availability, resiliency, performance, and recoverability Support incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective action planning Establish metrics and dashboards that measure infrastructure health and operational effectiveness 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.

8+ years of extensive experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering 8+ years of deep knowledge of storage technologies, SAN, NAS, object storage, and data protection solutions 5+ years of experience leading large-scale technology projects and cross-functional initiatives 4+ years of experience with capacity planning, utilization analytics, and infrastructure forecasting 3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, and process optimization Preferred Qualifications: Experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Pure Storage, HPE storage solutions, and related ecosystem technologies Experience with infrastructure monitoring, observability, and reporting platforms Experience building executive-level operational and capacity reporting