Data Engineer, Life Sciences – Remote

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.

 

The Data Engineer for the Life Science DevOps Team, supports Life Sciences operations, product builds, data delivery and platform maintenance activities.

 

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

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage AWS Cloud infrastructure using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Design, build and test RedShift/EMR code and underlying AWS infrastructure to support ETL (extract-transform-load) processing in our CI/CD pipeline
• Monitor performance and take corrective action to improve results and reconcile discrepancies between the expectations of the business and the structure of the data
• Collaborate with analytics’ and other teams to determine how current processing methods can be optimized, scaled, and improved
• Provide informed feedback for database design and data model decisions
• Support monthly/weekly data warehouse build process
• Provide code review
• Document technical design, test plans and other elements
• Be a good team player and comfortable working in a very collaborative team environment

 

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.

Years of post-high school education, in a discipline related to Computer Science, can be substituted/is equivalent to years of experience

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional work experience in data engineering role 
• 2+ years of practical experience with AWS cloud operations
• 2+ years of experience writing SQL 
• 2+ years of experience with Spark (Python and/or Scala)
• 2+ years of experience with software development tools and technologies (git, Jenkins, agile development)
• 1+ years of experience in setting up and managing Terraform code to build and modify AWS Cloud infrastructure

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certification
• Experience with AWS S3 (Bucket policies, Life Cycle policies), IAM, Redshift, EMR, Lambda functions, Step functions, EC2, EBS Volumes, Networking etc.
• Healthcare/life science experience

 

*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.