Data Architect

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Bea able to align data models with business goals and enterprise architecture
• Collaborate with Data Architects, Engineers, Business Analysts, and Leadership teams
• Lead data modelling, governance discussions and decision-making across cross-functional teams
• Proactively identify data inconsistencies, integrity issues, and optimization opportunities
• Design scalable and future-proof data models
• Define and enforce enterprise data modelling standards and best practices
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban)
• Identify impacted applications, size capabilities, and create new capabilities
• Lead complex initiatives with multiple cross-application impacts, ensuring seamless integration
• Drive innovation, optimize processes, and deliver high-quality architecture solutions
• Understand business objectives, review business scenarios, and plan acceptance criteria for proposed solution architecture
• Discuss capabilities with individual applications, resolve dependencies and conflicts, and reach agreements on proposed high-level approaches and solutions
• Participate in Architecture Review, present solutions, and review other solutions
• Work with Enterprise architects to learn and adopt standards and best practices
• Design solutions adhering to applicable rules and compliances
• Stay updated with the latest technology trends to solve business problems with minimal change or impact
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of proven experience in a similar role, leading and mentoring a team of architects and technical leads
• Extensive experience with Relational, Dimensional, and NoSQL Data Modelling
• Experience in driving innovation, optimizing processes, and delivering high-quality solutions
• Experience in large scale OLAP, OLTP, and hybrid data processing systems
• Experience in complex initiatives with multiple cross-application impacts
• Expert in Erwin for Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Data Modelling
• Expertise in Relational Databases, SQL, indexing and partitioning for databases like Teradata, Snowflake, Azure Synapse or traditional RDBMS
• Expertise in ETL/ELT architecture, data pipelines, and integration strategies
• Expertise in Data Normalization, Denormalization and Performance Optimization
• Exposure to cloud platforms, tools, and AI-based solutions
• Solid knowledge of 3NF, Star Schema, Snowflake schema, and Data Vault
• Knowledge of Java, Python, Spring, Spring boot framework, SQL, Mongo DBS, KAFKA, React JS, Dynatrace, Power BI kind of exposure
• Knowledge of Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings (Azure Functions, App Service, Event grid)
• Good knowledge of the latest happenings in the technology world
• Advanced SQL skills for complex queries, stored procedures, indexing, partitioning, macros, recursive queries, query tuning and OLAP functions
• Understanding of Data Privacy Regulations, Master Data Management, and Data Quality
• Proven excellent communication and leadership skills
• Proven ability to think from a long-term perspective and arrive at intentional and strategic architecture
• Proven ability to provide consistent solutions across Lines of Business (LOB)

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.