Associate Data Engineering Manager

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design & Develop
  • Data Marts, De-normalized views & Data Models for projects
  • Data Quality control processes around the data sets used for analysis
• Team Management
  • Mentoring & Grooming Junior Engineers
  • Lead and Drive Knowledge sharing session within the team
  • Own the technical deliveries of the team
• Capability Development
  • Work with Senior team members to develop new capabilities for the team
• Collaboration
  • Collaborate with Enterprise teams within UHG for requirement gathering and use case implementation for the product
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists & Data Analysts to work on a solution to address a business problem
• 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

Eligibility
To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

• Minimum 12 months in the current Role/Grade/Level
• Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
• Employees currently at Grade 26 will move to the next grade and Grade 27 (Lateral Movement) can apply for this position
• Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectations

Required Qualifications:

• Good experience with programming languages such as Python, PySpark
• Knowledge & experience with Containerization – Docker, Kubernetes
• Knowledge/Experience with Bigdata & Hadoop ecosystem – Spark, Hive, HBase, Sqoop etc.
• Good understanding of Spark Architecture 
• Good understanding of Data Architecture and solutions in Azure
• Good Skills in Azure Data Processing skills like Azure data Factory and Azure data Bricks
• Good experience in building data pipelines using ADF
• Solid proficiency in SQL and complex queries
• Ability to learn and adapt to new data technologies
• Build / Deployment Automation – Jenkins
• Proven good problem-solving skills
• Proven good communication skills
• Ability to act in a strategic capacity as a senior technical expert for all current Azure Cloud based solutions while keeping abreast of industry Cloud solutions
• Ability to lead project independently & with minimal guidance, including high level client communication and project planning

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.