Senior Software Engineer – BA

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:

• Develop and implement support short and long term operational /strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes
• Conduct research studies that may include collecting, analyzing, trending and presenting data and recommendations to management to support short and long term strategic business activities through analysis
• Identify and analyze applicable source data (e.g., internal/external data feeds, systems, databases, «sources of truth»)
• Create, develop, enhance, integrate front end reporting / data warehouses / data marts and/or develop data mining analyses to support business decisions
• Project manage medium to large-sized, global cross-functional projects as well as applying project management methodology to support the implementation and development of key systems and business processes
• Evaluate gaps in business processes through process/data analysis, identify opportunities for automation, payment policies, quality, and throughput issues in order to increase the opportunity for savings
• Collaborate with business matrix partners to deliver value to our clients by ensuring key operational, financial and growth targets are achieved

• Create written and oral communication materials that effectively summarize findings, support fact – based recommendations and provides appropriate detail to substantiate conclusions for business review and planning

   

• 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
• AI Persona – AI Builder
  • 7+ years of experience with analyzing business intelligence requirements (e.g., standard/ad hoc reporting, dashboards, scorecards, visualization, analytics)
• AI USER
  • 3+ years of experience in reporting and data analytics with multiple analytic visualization and automations tools such as informatica, SQL server
  • 3+ years of experience developing, optimizing and maintain SQL scripts (SQL Server and/or Oracle), Knowledge of any ETL Tool ( Preferred – Informatica ) and any Job scheduling orchestration tools such as Control M
  • 2+ years of experience in IT / business including analysis experience with a solid understanding of data modelling, relational databases, data forecasting, data trending etc.
  • 2+ years proficiency working with MS Excel e.g., formulas, calculations, pivot tables, including lookup functions and macros
  • 1+ years of Web development with Microsoft technologies using .Net (VB, C#, etc.)
  • Experience with Programming languages such as Python/JAVA/PHP
  • Experience working in a Business Analyst/Project management role within a claims, financial services, or payment operations environment
  • Experience of managing business and cross-functional partners in a matrix organization
  • Lean process improvement or six sigma qualifications / experience
  • Knowledge of the US Health Insurance Industry: Claim Adjudication, Payments, and Eligibility
  • Proven experience with communication with stakeholders and leadership (i.e., organizational skills with the ability respond effectively in difficult situations and multi-task in high volume workload situations)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Experience of implementing software or business transformation projects from ideation / requirements through to successful delivery

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.