Senior Data Engineer

Requisition Number: 2350238
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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Functions may include database architecture, engineering, design, optimization, security, and administration; as well as data modeling, big data development, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) development, storage engineering, data warehousing, data provisioning and other similar roles. Responsibilities may include Platform-as-a-Service and Cloud solution with a focus on data stores and associated eco systems. Duties may include management of design services, providing sizing and configuration assistance, ensuring strict data quality, and performing needs assessments. Analyzes current business practices, processes and procedures as well as identifying future business opportunities for leveraging data storage and retrieval system capabilities. Manages relationships with software and hardware vendors to understand the potential architectural impact of different vendor strategies and data acquisition. May design schemas, write SQL or other data markup scripting and helps to support development of Analytics and Applications that build on top of data. Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Data Engineering & Development
  • Design, code, test, document, and maintain high-quality, scalable data pipelines and solutions in cloud environments
  • Ingest and transform data from various sources including APIs, streaming platforms, files, and databases
  • Develop reusable patterns and promote innovation to enhance team productivity and velocity
• Application Development & Deployment
  • Design and develop applications in an Agile environment
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment
  • Participate in prototyping, design reviews, and code reviews
• Operations & Support
  • Willingness to work in both development and operations roles
  • Flexibility to support operations with adaptable working hours
  • Assist with incident and problem management
• Collaboration & Leadership
  • Act as a self-starter with a proactive learning attitude
  • Serve as a resource and mentor to team members
  • Work independently on complex and less structured issues
• Technical Responsibilities
  • Data Architecture & Engineering
    • Design and implement Data Warehouses and Data Lakes using platforms like Databricks and Snowflake
    • Perform data modeling and architecture design
    • Ensure high standards of data quality and integrity
  • Cloud & Platform Engineering
    • Work with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and cloud solutions, focusing on data stores and associated ecosystems
    • Manage design services, provide sizing and configuration assistance
    • Database & Storage
    • Engage in database architecture, optimization, security, and administration
    • Work with both NoSQL and relational databases
    • Write SQL and data markup scripts to support analytics and application development
    • Vendor & Business Analysis
  • Manage relationships with software and hardware vendors
  • Analyze current business practices and identify future opportunities for data leverage
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience with:
  • Design and implementation of Data Warehouse/Data Lake (Databricks/Snowflake)
  • Data architecture and data modeling
• 2+ years of experience with:
  • Databricks, Python, Spark, PySpark, SQL
  • Azure Data Factory
• 1+ years of experience with:
  • CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
  • Cloud-based CI/CD pipelines
  • GitHub
  • NoSQL and relational databases

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Apache Kafka
• Knowledge of Data ingestion from various APIs
• Working in Agile/Scrum environments

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.
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