Job Description

If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Challenge yourself, your peers and our industry by shaping what health care looks like and doing your life's best work.(sm)

The capabilities of a data engineer include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

Analyzes current business practices, processes and procedures as well as identifying future business opportunities for leveraging data for analytics, reporting, machine learning and other data intensive activities. May design schemas, write SQL or other data markup scripting to help support development of Analytics and Applications that build on top of data.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Accountable for data engineering lifecycle including research, proof of concepts, architecture, design, development, test, deployment and maintenance
* Design, develop, implement and run cross-domain, modular, flexible, scalable, secure, reliable and quality data solutions that transform data for meaningful analyses and analytics while ensuring operability.
* Design, develop, implement and run data solutions that improve data efficiency, reliability and quality, and are performant by design
* Layer in instrumentation in the development process so that data pipelines can be monitored. Measurements are used to detect internal problems before they result into user visible outages or data quality issues
* Build processes and diagnostics tools to troubleshoot, maintain and optimize solutions and respond to customer and production issues
* Embrace continuous learning of engineering practices to ensure industry best practices and technology adoption, including DevOps, Cloud and Agile thinking
* Tech debt reduction / Tech transformation including Open source adoption, Cloud adoption
* Maintain high quality documentation of data definitions, transformations, and processes to ensure data governance and security
* Assembling large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements
* Ability to build and optimize data sets, 'big data' data pipelines and architectures
* Ability to perform root cause analysis on external and internal processes and data to identify opportunities for improvement and answer questions
* Excellent analytic skills associated with working on unstructured datasets
* Ability to build processes that support data transformation, workload management, data structures, dependency and metadata

Applicants should also have a demonstrated understanding and experience using software and tools including big data tools like Kafka, Spark and Hadoop; relational NoSQL and SQL databases including Cassndra and Postgres; workflow management and pipeline tools such as Airflow, Luigi and Azkaban; and object function / object-oriented scripting languages including Scala, C++, Java and Python

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:

* Coding skills in languages such as SQL, Python and/or R
* Analytical and problem-solving skills
* Knowledge of data gathering, cleaning and transforming techniques
* Understanding of data warehousing and ETL techniques
* Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
* Ability to set and meet deadlines
* Ability to QA and troubleshoot data
* If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

* Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS and SQL technologies
* Experience with statistical software (e.g., Stata, SPSS)
* Experience with statistical software
* Technical writing skills
* Reporting and data visualization skills using software like Tableau
* Building analytical tools to utilize the data pipeline, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and customer acquisition
* Experience working with stakeholders including data, design, product and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues
* Ability to work in high-pressure situations
* Excellent attention to detail
* Strong written / verbal communication skills

Careers at UnitedHealth Group. We have modest goals: Improve the lives of others. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations tend to attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Compassionate. Driven. To these select few, we offer the global reach, resources and can-do culture of a Fortune 7 company. We provide an environment where you're empowered to be your best. We encourage you to take risks. And we offer a world of rewards and benefits for performance. We believe the most important is the opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Colorado Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $64,800 to $116,000. 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

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

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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