Data Quality Analyst

Data Quality Analyst 

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:

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. 
As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

The Data Quality Analyst role will work within the UnitedHealthcare STARS & Quality team and be responsible for development of world-class data quality, data analysis, and test automation within a continuous delivery lifecycle. You will be accountable for ensuring the proper Quality Assurance controls are adhered to for inbound data, internal analytics and outbound results to customers while ensuring operational excellence.

Primary Responsibilities of the Data Quality Analyst:

•    Create and execute test cases within an ETL, data warehouse, and reporting application environment. 
•    Responsible for data profiling and system integration testing of ETL, batch processes, reporting deliverables, and user interface applications with an emphasis on data quality.
•    Understand and create SQL queries with the ability to troubleshoot issues found in stored procedures and/or customer data. Perform exploratory analysis and queries to identify issues that are not covered by automation.
•    Support implementation of software, tools and capabilities to automate system integration testing and continuous delivery / DevOps agenda in a Data Warehouse environment.
•    Generate and maintain quality metric reports. Analyze and optimize QA business processes. Monitor and report quality metrics for the UHC STARS & Quality team.
•    Collaborate and communicate effectively across teams throughout the QA lifecycle. Share and communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to staff, business sponsors, managers, and technical resources in clear concise language that is appropriate to the target audience.
•    Use database statistics and data trending to compare data between deliveries to identify issues.

You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of the Data Quality Analyst:

•    Technical undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification
•    Proven experience in a Quality Assurance or Data Quality role within a data warehouse environment
•    Strong SQL experience, including experience with various database technologies (e.g. Snowflake, Microsoft SQL Server) 
•    Proven experience working with one or more of the following database technologies: Snowflake, Cloud-Database Environment, MS-SQL Server, Teradata, Hadoop 

Preferred Qualifications of the Data Quality Analyst:

•    Experience developing or testing Business Intelligence reporting within Tableau or Power BI
•    Knowledge of HEDIS and Star Quality Specifications
•    Knowledge of DevOps tools, including Rally & Git
•    Experience with Agile methodology
•    Programming experience e.g. Python

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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

 
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