Data Analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst

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:

• Dashboard Development: Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI to support business decision-making
• Data Querying and Transformation: Write and optimize advanced SQL queries to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources, including Snowflake
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into actionable visualizations and insights
• Data Integration: Integrate data from APIs, Azure Data Factory pipelines, and external sources to enhance reporting capabilities
• Visualization Best Practices: Apply data visualization principles to ensure clarity, accuracy, and usability of reports
• Data Quality: Implement data transformation and cleansing processes to maintain data integrity and reliability
• Documentation: Develop and maintain data documentation, including data dictionaries, data lineage, and pipeline documentation
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with industry trends, tools, and best practices in data engineering, cloud platforms, and analytics
• Support: Provide technical support and troubleshooting for data-related issues
• Data Management and Governance: Ensure compliance with data governance policies, maintain security standards, and manage access controls for sensitive data
• 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:

• Power BI or Tableau Expertise: Intermediate to advanced experience in Power BI or Tableau development
• Data Visualization: Solid understanding of visualization techniques and best practices
• SQL Proficiency: Demonstrated solid ability to write, optimize, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries, preferably in Snowflake or Azure
• Adaptability: Proven quick learner with the ability to adopt new tools and technologies
• Problem-Solving: Proven solid analytical and critical-thinking skills and can identify patterns or anomalies in the data
• Communication: Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field
• API Integration: Experience with integrating data from APIs
• Learning Analytics: Experience working with learning and development data
• Data Modelling and Dashboard Development: Experience in creating effective data models and interactive/robust dashboards using Power BI or Tableau
• Cloud Knowledge: Basic understanding of Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Python Skills: Familiarity with Python for data manipulation and automation
• ETL Concepts: Knowledge of data pipelines and ETL processes

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.