Senior Data Engineering Analyst

Data Engineer

Description

• 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

• Design, build, and operate scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and

semi-structured data across internal and external sources

• Develop cloud-native data solutions on modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks

lakehouse, Snowflake)

• Apply data modeling, transformations, and enrichment to produce trusted,

analytics-ready datasets

• Ensure data quality, reliability, and auditability through validation, reconciliation,

and monitoring

• Implement and follow enterprise data governance, security, and compliance

standards

• Optimize data workloads for performance, cost efficiency, and operational reliability
• Support modernization efforts, including migration of legacy ETL pipelines to

cloud-native architectures

• Partner with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate

requirements into production-grade data solutions

• Enable downstream analytics, reporting, and AI/ML workloads through

well-designed data assets

• Apply software engineering best practices, including CI/CD, version control, testing,

and code reviews

• Contribute to architectural discussions and mentor junior engineers
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business

challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI

• 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 degree in Computer Science, Engineering related field
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in data platform / analytics engineering

roles

• 3+ years of experience with SQL, data modeling, and data transformations
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake and large-scale

data processing

• 3+ years of experience building ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, and analytical

data stores

• 3+ years of experience with source control and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps,

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-scale data platforms
• Experience with real-time/streaming frameworks (Structured Streaming)
• Exposure to GenAI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) for engineering productivity
• Solid understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation
• Proven ability to work in distributed, cross-functional global teams
• Proven ability to analyze logs, troubleshoot production issues, and optimize

performance

• Proven solid skills in performance tuning and debugging large-scale pipelines
• Demonstrated capability to design and deploy AI-powered solutions responsibly

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering related field
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in data platform / analytics engineering

roles

• 3+ years of experience with SQL, data modeling, and data transformations
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake and large-scale

data processing

• 3+ years of experience building ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, and analytical

data stores

• 3+ years of experience with source control and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps,

GitHub, CI/CD)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-scale data platforms
• Experience with real-time/streaming frameworks (Structured Streaming)
• Exposure to GenAI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) for engineering productivity
• Solid understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation
• Proven ability to work in distributed, cross-functional global teams
• Proven ability to analyze logs, troubleshoot production issues, and optimize

performance

• Proven solid skills in performance tuning and debugging large-scale pipelines
• Demonstrated capability to design and deploy AI-powered solutions responsibly

• 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.