Data Analyst 2 (SAS) – Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The DS3 Solution Delivery team within UnitedHealthcare has 4 agile teams with a total of ~30 team members (Onshore and Offshore) and primarily work on developing and maintaining finance and accounting data processing, reporting applications and automation for UHC controllership. The primary skills on the team are BASE SAS, SAS/Macros, SAS/SQL, Big Data/Hadoop (Hive, Spark etc.), Python, Power BI, SQL skills for relational databases including Oracle, Teradata, DB2.

 

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the design, development, testing, and deployment of data analytics programs and processes for supporting various operational data stores using SAS and Relational Databases including Teradata, Snowflake and Oracle
• Provide production support for scheduled and ad-hoc processes, address job failures, data issues and user concerns
• Collect, interpret, and aggregate data from traditional and non-traditional data sources for supporting programs and applications utilizing various data analytics purposes
• Understand data requirements and business needs to develop data tools such as dashboards and data visualizations using SAS and PowerBI
• Use business intelligence, data visualization, query, analytic and statistical software to build solutions, perform analysis and interpret data
• Solves moderately complex problems and has ability to translate concepts into practice.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed
• Recognize problems and make recommendations for solutions
• Works under minimal guidance and within tight deadlines for deliverables

 

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:

• 3+ years of experience as a programmer using BASE SAS, SAS/Macros, Proc SQL
• 3+ years of data analysis experience – ability to work with large volumes of data, disparate relational databases, and familiarity with various database technologies
• 3+ years of experience with developing/writing SQL queries
• 1+ years of experience developing data visualizations and dashboards using BI tools such as PowerBI
• 1+ years of experience of programming using Python
• Ability to understand and support modern large-scale data pipelines to support data integration for reporting & analytics
• Progressive work experience in a data analytics or related role
• Demonstrated financial, analytical, and business acumen
• Advanced skills in MS Excel

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Advanced SAS programming certification
• 2+ years of experience leveraging SAS Viya platform
• 2+ years of experience using Teradata utilities including FASTLOAD, MULTILOAD, TPT
• 1+ years of experience with Snowflake

 

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

 

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $70,200 to $137,800 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.  
  
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

 

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.   

 
 

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.