Senior Data Engineer - Remote

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and 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:

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• Research, evaluate, identify alternative approaches, recommend, design and code efficient and effective solutions for challenging problems ranging from small to large work efforts for low to high complexity problems
  
• Develop, test, deploy and schedule complex ETL/ELT solutions to integrate multiple data asset across the organization
  
• Comply with standards and guidelines related to the design, construction, testing and deployment activities as established by departmental and organizational standards
  
• Demonstrate collaborative skills working within a project team of diverse skills and will bring communication skills including oral, written and presentation skills, creativity, and problem-solving skills to a challenging environment
  
• Partner with other competency leads/ developers and support project planning, technical design, development, and solution deployment functions
  
• Identify opportunities in business processes, system capabilities and delivery methodologies for continuous improvement as applicable
  
• Lead, mentor and develop development resources and provide project related directions
  
• Acting in a technical SME role, support development, QA, and production support teams in SDLC and operational activities
  
  
  
  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:
  
  
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  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or other relevant degree; OR equivalent professional experience
    
  • 3+ years of experience with writing SQL queries and stored procedures with relational databases
    
  • 3+ years of experience with programming languages (Python, Java/Scala)
    
  • Experience in IT systems analysis, data analysis, software design, or a combination of roles within SDLC
    
  • Recent and hands-on experience in developing ETL solution utilizing SPARK/Scala, Unix and /or Linux
    
  • Exposure to big data platforms.
    
  • Knowledge of Hive/Spark/Hadoop
    
  • Extensive knowledge of relational databases principles and structures
    
    
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    
    
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    • Advanced degree in Computer Science, or IT
      
    • Health care experience
      
    • Azure Databricks
      
    • Digital data experience
      
    • Agile and DevOps Experience
      
    • Experience with Snowflake
      
    • Exposure to Kafka streaming
      
    • Experience with additional industry standard ETL tools
      
    • Experience with Airflow or equivalent job scheduling tool experience
      
    • Experience working with a virtual team environment over multiple locations, including offshore
      
    • Understanding of a variety of modeling and/or diagramming techniques, with the ability to create process flow diagrams and the ability read data flow and entity relationship models
      
    • Ability to act as a lead developer responsible for the planning, completion, and coordination of work activity for projects involving more than one developer
      
    • Effective communications with all levels of internal staff, including issue resolution, negotiation of project related priorities, and completion dates
      
    • Solid analytical and technical aptitude
      
      
      
      
      Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)
      
      
      
      All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
      
      
      
      California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York City, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California/Colorado/Connecticut/Nevada/New York City/Washington residents is $85,000 to $167,300. 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.
      
      
      
      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 by law.
      
      
      
      UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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