Senior Data Engineer - Tampa, FL or Telecommute

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

• Architecture tasks including data analysis, data models, reverse engineering, and performance optimization
• Design, develop, unit test and maintain ETL jobs to create or enhance data warehouses/marts
• Lead data extraction and SSRS report development efforts supporting Optum FL and Ad Hoc, Network and Provider Operations requests
• Identify test solutions for small to medium size projects and create test strategy/test plans, as well as support defect/issue resolution and retesting
• Deploy and test code from lower environments to production
• Build, maintain and/or adhere to a structured data governance process to be used across all datasets with a focus on quality and accuracy
• Document technical specifications, data models, process flows, etc.
• Identify improvement areas and propose solutions for the same
• Collaborate with delivery and technical team members on design and development activities within Agile/Scrum teams
• Collaborate with business partners to understand business processes, standard release management requirements, and underlying data and reporting need
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment, learn quickly and solve problems
• Proactive thinker, self-driven, great team player, and drive innovation
• Mentor or lead a small team of developers as needed
• Investigate data anomalies to determine root cause, specify appropriate changes and work with engineering and operations teams as the change is implemented and tested
• Research client questions on data results by identifying underlying data elements leveraged and providing descriptions of data transformations involved
• Participate in the ongoing innovation, testing and use of tools used by the team to improve processes and bring scale

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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years Proficiency with database programming languages such as SQL. Must be hands on with SQL/TSQL/BI/Intelligence studio, SSRS, SSIS and ETL
• 5+ years of experience communicating with senior level business leaders and stakeholders
• 5+ years of experience with data warehouses/marts, relational database architecture, design and development
• 4+ years of intermediate to advanced SQL experience, PowerShell experience
• 3+ years of experience working with healthcare data (HL7 v2, CCDs, 835s, 837s, claims from variety of payers etc.) sent as either Flat files/JSON/XML etc
• Hands-on knowledge of SQL database administration, performance tuning, script / package building, deployment methodologies and source control tools
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or other related field in technology
• Experience developing within an agile (i.e. Scrum or Kanban) framework
• Experience coordinating with offshore team
• Healthcare domain knowledge, Clinical or medical data analysis or management experience
• Familiarity or experience working with AWS/Azure on Cloud or Big Data concepts
• Solid soft skills (e.g. communication, interpersonal, collaborative, resilient).

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

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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