Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst – Dublin/Letterkenny, Hybrid

Optum is a global organisation 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.

About the Role:

As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter.
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams. healthcare system works better for everyone.

As a Senior Data Analyst, this individual will be part of a healthcare product team; focused on developing and implementing methods to improve data generation, usage and reliability. This individual will be a key team member, focused on developing foundational data-pipelines for downstream analytics.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities of a Senior Data Analyst:

•    Creating documentation to explore and confirm business requirements.
•    Research, interpret, and analyse diverse and complex data
•    Implement analytic activities to support decision-making across multiple lines of business
•    Implement process improvement initiatives and automation for efficiency where appropriate
•    Collaborate with different lines of business and business functions, to understand their analytic needs, act as consultant to propose business solutions, and communicate results of analytics
•    Be responsible for the delivery of results and the support of business strategies derived from data insights
•    Utilizing SQL to create net new solutions, modify existing content and distribute the data to users and other systems.
•    Participate in all phases of a project life cycle including database design, process flow, benchmark and trend analysis, and modelling
•    Provide recommendations to the development team regarding query optimization

Required Qualifications of the  Senior Data Analyst:

•    Extensive experience in Data Analysis and/or Business Analysis
•    Strong understanding of relational database concepts and working on cloud.
•    Data manipulation and data transformation skills and proficiency in at least SQL or Python
•    Proficient in research, interpreting, and analyzing diverse and complex data, and assessing Data Quality
•    Experience in deploying large scale analytical solutions or working in a large multinational company
•    Proficiency with excel & visualization tools

Preferred Qualifications of the  Senior Data Analyst:

•    Experience with Cloud technologies such as MS Azure
•    Prior experience working on data migration projects 
•    Experience in Query Optimization
•    Proven track record in delivering technology driven solutions through full project life cycle.

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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 employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 UnitedHealth Group. All rights reserved.