Associate Software Engineer II

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. 

Positions in this function are predominantly involved in developing business solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications. Primary contributor in designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and supporting all types of applications consistent with established specifications and business requirements to deliver business value.

Purpose:

Business automations team is a product re-engineering team which helps with improving efficiencies & increasing quality by designing various automations. This team also helps in process analysis to design new applications with respect to workflow changes.

Primary Responsibilities:

The following duties cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties

• Develop new and/or enhance existing application or system code as assigned or provided in technical specifications
• Perform the day-to-day functions such as running of existing programs, applications, jobs, reviewing logs for errors, writing, or editing software and code, performing testing activities, and updating documentation
• Coordinate activities with other technical and functional areas as required
• Design & develop new automations basis the requirement
• Design, code, test, debug, and record those programs proficient to work at top technical level of every level of applications programming activities
• Evaluate, design, code and test improvement as required to complex modules
• Design and develop code applications to technical and functional programming standards
• Provide prime assistance toward application releases installation into production under given direction
• Plan and implement every needed process steps as defined in methodologies
• Develop operational documents for Application
• Develops pioneering approaches to emerging industry trends
• Conduct automation feasibility studies
• Collaborate with business and technology departments to define deliverables and develop solutions that are reusable across the organization
• Assimilates, integrates, and interfaces technical knowledge with business / systems requirements
• Involved in projects converting from non-strategic to strategic systems
• Drive the development of program strategy and methodology with respect to business analysis/requirements/testing
• Be able to build and maintain relationships across the program team
• Be able to diagnose potential risks/ issue and provide proactive program risk/ Issue management
• Be able to document and communicate user needs in professional and efficient manner
• Be able to analyze complex business situations and develop innovative solutions
• Be able to work independently in a virtual team environment
• Be able to build trusted relationships
• 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

Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Effective Analytical, written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to set priorities, multi-task, self-motivated
• Knowledge of group product lines and Corporate Operations
• Ability and willingness to accept and work in a changing environment
• Ability to work well in an environment with high standards for quality and turnaround with minimal supervision
• Possess solid interpersonal, presentation skills and excellent communication skills; the ability to facilitate collaboration and influence among multiple audiences’ business, technology
• Motivated, self-directed, aptitude for learning new technologies; Ability to work on multiple efforts simultaneously
• High level of commitment, initiative, vision, and enthusiasm
• Provides guidance and mentoring to junior developers, carries positive attitude and is effective contributor
• Analyzes and investigates
• Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate
• Experience in SQL Server – T-SQL
• Web Developer, Wire framing and UI prototyping
• Web Developer – Knowledge of ASP.NET/MVC, C#, Java Script, JQuery, CSS, HTML
• Knowledge of Designing/Html on MVC pattern projects (Candidate must handle min 1 MVC project)
• Knowledge of CSS/SCSS Animation with JS/JQ integration
• Knowledge of MVC / C# / ASP.Net / HTML5 / Charting / Razor/Entity Framework
• Knowledge of MS SQL Server – SQL Scripting
• Knowledge of RPA Concepts along with web scrapping using Selenium Driver + C#
• Working knowledge in Chart Library like Highchart, Google etc.
• Proven solid problem-solving skills, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Proven solid relationship-building and communication skills with team members and business users
• Willing to learn new technology
• Open for development and support

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.

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