Data Engineering Consultant

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. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide database administration for mission-critical custom and packaged software applications
  
• Design storage strategies around backup and recovery for complex database environments, physical structures, and specialized database applications – Enterprise Rapid Recovery
  
• Uphold enterprise policy guidelines and recommend new/improved guidelines
  
• Partner with project teams and interact with customers to find solutions for projects and operational issues for existing and proposed databases
  
• Act as business liaison serving as primary point of contact between application business segments and database administrators
  
• Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to perform in all of the basic database management skills of database administration, Web connectivity, physical structure, overall architecture, and database analysis
  
• Provide standardization and consistency across environments
  
• Ensure a stable and secure database environment
  
• Apply database management consulting skills and gathers user requirements
  
• Implement and monitor database functionality to ensure stable environments
  
• Identify and initiate resolutions to user problems and concerns associated with database server equipment (hardware and software)
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
  
• 7+ years of Postgres DBA experience
  
• 5+ years of Mysql database experience
  
• 4+ years of experience in Azure Cloud
  
• Hands-on experience in administering percona Xtradb cluster
  
• Hands-on experience Mysql and Postgres replication tools
  
• Experience in configuring, setting up REPMGR or similar technology for High availability solution
  
• Solid knowledge of Mysql and postgres architecture and administration on both onprem and cloud platforms
  
• Good understanding of PostgreSQL database architecture and repmgr cluster architecture in azure cloud
  
• Expertise in Mysql and postgres database refresh and restore activities
  
• Expertise in azure cloud architectur 
• Proven ability to install, monitor, and maintain PostgreSQL & MySQL software, implement monitoring and alertin
  
• Proven ability to provide system and SQL performance tuning and assist in business process integration with various data sources
  
• Proven ability to fulfill user requests ranging from access control, backup, restore, refresh to non-production to performance tuning
  
• Proven ability to provide high availability and Disaster Recovery solutions
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in setting up PostgreSQL clusters and handling switchover/failover activities, knowledge on repmgr
• Work experience in backup and recovery processes, database refresh between different environments, knowledge of percona Xtrabackup
• Knowledge on oracle Database administration

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.