Data Engineering Consultant

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:

• Managing the monthly data refreshes and custom process for the clients that includes extraction, loading and Data validation
• Work closely with engineering, Implementation and downstream teams as the client data is refreshed, to answer questions and resolve data issues that arise
• Investigate data anomalies to determine root cause, specify appropriate changes and work with engineering and downstream teams as the change is implemented and tested
• Research client questions on data results by identifying underlying data elements leveraged and providing descriptions of data transformations involved.
• Participate in the ongoing invention, testing and use of tools used by the team to improve processes
• Be innovative in finding opportunities to improve the process either through process improvement or automation
• Partner with infrastructure team on migration activities and infrastructure changes related to the product or process
• Leverage latest technologies and analyze large volumes of data to solve complex problems facing health care industry.
• Build and improve standard operation procedures and troubleshooting documents
• Report on metrics to surface meaningful results and identify areas for efficiency gain
• 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
• 6+ years of experience working with data, analyzing data and understanding data
• 6+ years of experience working with Relational database (SQL, Oracle)
• 4+ years of experience working with Provider and Payer data
• 2+ years of experience with AWS
• Understanding of relational data bases and their principles of operation
• Intermediate skills using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

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.