Data Engineering Consultant

Requisition Number: 2358531
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:

• Develop Python, PySpark Modules as per the business requirements
• Develop python micro services
• Contribute to software design and development, including code review and feedback
• Take accountability and ownership of Features and team work
• Come up with innovative ideas
• Assist with troubleshooting and problem-solving when issues arise
• Collaborate with QA specialists, and other team members to ensure timely and successful delivery of new software releases
• Participate in team improvement initiatives
• Help create and maintain internal documentation using Git or other similar applications
• Help develop, manage, and monitor continuous integration and delivery systems
• Remaining up-to-date with developments in technology and industry norms to help team to produce higher-quality results.
• 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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Oozie, Airflow,
• Experience of Azure AKS
• Experience in troubleshooting production issues in AKS, Bigdata environment
• Experience with big data eco system components: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka,Hive, HBase etc.
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Oozie, Airflow, etc.
• Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, etc.
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Expert in Python/PySpark
• Knowledge on agile concepts and Ability to work on Scrum model

Preferred Qualification:

• Knowledge of Public Cloud automation tools - Terraform

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.