Senior Data Engineer (Exadata)

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.

The Senior Data Engineer - Exadata Platform Engineering is responsible for the administration, maintenance, performance optimization, and lifecycle management of Oracle Exadata engineered systems, including both On-Premises Exadata and Exadata Cloud Services (ExaCS). This role focuses on Exadata infrastructure and cloud environments. The position ensures the availability, performance, scalability, and security of mission-critical, large-scale platform environments while providing operational support, capacity planning, automation, monitoring, and troubleshooting across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

This role is responsible for the administration, engineering, support, and continuous improvement of Oracle Exadata engineered systems and supporting platform technologies. Responsibilities include platform design and implementation, infrastructure analysis, performance optimization, system monitoring, capacity planning, patching, troubleshooting, documentation, operational support, and lifecycle management. Candidates for this role are expected to build quality reliable secure automation into all platform services while evaluating emerging Exadata, cloud, monitoring, and automation technologies. This includes developing automation solutions, standardizing operational processes, creating reusable administrative utilities, and driving continuous improvements that enhance system availability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency. The position serves as a technical leader and subject matter expert, influencing Exadata platform strategies, best practices, and future technology adoption.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain Oracle Exadata Database Machine, ZDLRA, and Exadata Cloud environments, including compute nodes, storage cells, operating systems, networking, and supporting platform components
• Manage Exadata infrastructure performance, capacity planning, storage utilization, and growth forecasting to ensure platform scalability and reliability
• Configure, monitor, and optimize Exadata-specific infrastructure technologies, including Smart Scan, Storage Indexes, Smart Flash Cache, and IORM
• Administer and support Exadata networking, backup infrastructure, and disaster recovery platform components
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), including alert management, reporting, and operational support
• Support Exadata deployments, migrations, and platform operations across on-premises, OCI, Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), KVM, OCI@Azure, and OCI@AWS environments
• Develop and maintain automation solutions for platform administration, monitoring, patching, and operational processes using Ansible, Python, and Shell scripting
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Exadata platform issues
• Participate in incidents, problems, change, and on-call support processes to ensure platform stability, availability, resiliency, and operational excellence

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 5+ years of hands-on experience administering Oracle Exadata engineered systems in production environments
• 5+ years of experience supporting Exadata infrastructure, including storage cells, compute nodes, operating systems, and networking
• 5+ years of experience monitoring and optimizing Exadata environments using features such as Smart Scan, Storage Indexes, Smart Flash Cache, and IORM
• 5+ years of experience with Exadata capacity planning, storage management, backup infrastructure, and high availability/disaster recovery platforms
• 4+ years of experience troubleshooting complex Exadata infrastructure issues
• 4+ years of experience automating administrative processes using Ansible, Python, Shell scripting, or similar tools
• 4+ years of experience with Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes in enterprise production environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of experience with ZDLRA administration would be an added benefit
• Experience supporting Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), OCI, Oracle Database@Azure, or Oracle Database@AWS environments strongly preferred
• Experience with OEM Administration would be an added benefit
• Experience in ticketing tools such as ServiceNow

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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

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