Senior Software Engineer – Remote in Fairfax, VA

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 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. 

If you reside near Fairfax, Virginia, you’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Exceptional ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people
• Be able to interact with business users, I/T and customers to define application requirements
• Be able to write the code and Review the code of the engineers
• Involve in critical and complex technical discussions
• Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented and ability to document low to highly complex functional designs and data structures, to support business and operational requirement
• Candidate should be confident to work independently, handle and guide the team and should be self-motivated
• The candidate should have good analytical and self-learning skills and desire to learn new technologies
• Candidate should have worked with microservices environment and should be fully aware of reference architectures
• A great attitude and the passion and persistence to solve complex problems
• Hands on working to support PATH Reporting and MDM environment

You’ll be rewarded and recognized 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science (or higher)
• 3+ years of experience in the software engineering profession across entire SDLC
• 3+ years of experience in support and maintenance of informatica master data management (Informatica MDM)
• 3+ years of experience in support and maintenance of informatica power center ETL tool
• 3+ years of experience with Informatica PowerCenter, Designer, and Repositories tools
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in IBM mainframe applications
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Mainframe COBOL Programming along with JCL
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Mainframe CICS Programing
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in MOBIUS Reporting
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Cognos Reporting
• 3+ years of experience delivering software using an Agile / Scrum methodology

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to 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 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. 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. 

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