Data Engineering Lead – Azure/AWS, Devops, Python Scripting

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:

• Cloud Platform Enablement
  • Work with AWS, Azure, or GCP to support deployments, automation, and data workflows
  • Utilize cloud-native services like:
    • Object storage
    • Managed relational databases
    • Compute engines and containers
    • IAM and networking basics
    • Contribute to migrating on-premises databases and workloads to cloud platforms
• Automation Engineering (Python & Scripting)
  • Develop automation workflows and scripts using Python to streamline operational tasks, data processing, and system integrations
  • Integrate database operations with DevOps pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform/ARM Templates, and Ansible
  • Automate database provisioning, patching, monitoring, and performance diagnostics using Python, Shell/Bash, PowerShell, and PL/SQL
  • Implement IaC (Infrastructure-as-Code) for repeatable, consistent deployments
• Oracle Database Operations
  • Perform essential Oracle DB operations such as:
    • Performance monitoring and tuning
    • Index and space management
    • Backup/restore operations
    • Security, user access, and roles administration
    • Support deployments, upgrades, and migration activities across environments
    • Troubleshoot production incidents and ensure minimal downtime
• Database Engineering & Optimization
  • Design, develop, and optimize database logic including procedures, functions, packages, triggers, and advanced SQL queries
  • Perform performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting of complex SQL workloads
  • Build efficient data models, schemas, and structures for large-scale applications
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and consistency of database environments
• AI & AIOps Enablement
  • Leverage AI-driven tools for anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, capacity forecasting, and intelligent alerting
  • Utilize Oracle Autonomous Database capabilities and Azure AI services for proactive performance insights
• Collaboration & Process Ownership
  • Collaborate with architects, DevOps engineers, application developers, and product owners
  • Contribute to Agile ceremonies-estimations, sprint planning, retrospectives
  • Prepare technical documentation, workflows, automation guidelines, and best practices
• 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:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• Technical Expertise
  • Solid experience in Cloud platform, Python development, focusing on automation and backend workflows
  • Hands-on knowledge of Oracle database operations and tuning
  • Command of advanced SQL and database programming
  • Familiarity with database observability tools and frameworks
  • Good understanding of at least one cloud platform (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Additional Competencies
  • Proven solid analytical thinking and problem-solving skills for data and system challenges
  • Proven solid communication and documentation abilities
  • Proven ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and deliver high-quality outputs

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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