Software Engineering Lead

• Design, Implement and maintain scalable and robust data pipelines to ingest, process sand transform data from diverse sources in Azure
• Optimize data pipelines for performance, reliability, and efficiency and leverage distributed computing frameworks and cloud-native technologies
• Design and implement data models and schemas to support analytical and reporting requirements
• Develop and deploy ETL processes to integrate from multiple sources
• Steward the transition from Excel files to a digitized database for the Actuarial business team
• Deploy and manage cloud-based data platforms and infrastructure on Azure
• Build and maintain monitoring of data pipelines to achieve operational excellence for the Profit and Loss Data pipelines to maintain data integrity and quality
• Optimize infrastructure costs and resource utilization through automation, monitoring, and scaling strategies
• Establish and enforce data governance policies and best practices to ensure data privacy, security, and compliance with regulatory and business requirements
• Perform debugging and troubleshooting and root cause analysis to identify and resolve issues
• Implement access controls, encryption, and other security measures to protect sensitive data assets
• 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

• Minimum 12 months in the current Role/Grade/Level
• Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
• Employees currently at Grade 26 will move to the next grade and Grade 27 (Lateral Movement) can apply for this position
• Last Review rating of Meets Expectations or Exceeds Expectation

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of related IT experience a Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Solution architect, or similar role
• 3+ years of experience with the following:
  • Experience with Python Development along with an experience in API Development
  • Experience with Relational and Document Databases
  • Azure Cloud Data architecture (Azure SQL DB, ADF Pipelines, Azure Databricks), infrastructure & patterns
• Experience working in a virtual team environment across multiple locations
• High proficiency of both written and verbal English communication
• Proven excellent time management, problem solving and communication skills

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.