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Overview

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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. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Information is the lifeblood of the healthcare industry-everything depends on it. At Optum Insight Technology, youll help us work on streamlining the flow of information between payers, healthcare providers and various other stakeholders to deliver the right insights to the right places at the right times, driving better outcomes for patients, reducing friction in the health system and lowering costs. Every day our work directly impacts the world for the better, in meaningful and profound ways.

We live in a time of unprecedented technical capability and possibility. Health care is at a pivotal point in this journey where even small gains can lead to major transformation. You could be a part of that - you have tremendous skill and the potential to make a lasting impact. Optum Insight Technology is uniquely positioned to bring your skills to bear on these pressing and life-changing technical challenges. The health care industry has an immediate need for your drive, innovation, passion, and technical insight. Help us help the millions of people we serve each day.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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
• Act in a technical SME role, support development, QA, and production support teams in SDLC and operational activities

Youll 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

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience with modern relational databases
• 5+ years of experience optimizing SQL statements
• 5+ years of experience working on commercially available software and / or healthcare platforms as a Data Engineer
• 3+ years of experience building data pipelines in Azure Data factory, Databricks, App services, Az Functions
• 3+ years of experience working with Synapse, Cosmos
• 3+ years of experience designing and building Enterprise Data solutions on Cloud
• 1+ years of experience/knowledge of Power BI

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Big Data solutions on public cloud (Azure)
• Experience with Data warehousing services, preferably synapse and SQL
• Experience developing RESTful Services in .NET, Java, or any other language
• Experience with DevOps in Data engineering
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Experience in using modern software engineering and product development tools including Agile/SAFE, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps etc.

EEO Statement: 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.