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Senior Data Engineering Consultant

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The Senior Data Engineering Consultant will drive architecture initiatives, build cloud infrastructure for applications, and enhance data environments on Azure. Responsibilities include securing compliance, advising on cost management, and maintaining systems.
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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:
  • Driving our key architecture and azure infrastructure initiatives with various networking, cyber security, and infrastructure as code teams
  • Support building azure infrastructure for multiple web applications
  • Building our accounting and finance platform within existing platforms, but could come up with a strategy where requirements conflict with enterprise solutions
  • Developing our cloud container / environment(s) dedicated to Optum Health Accounting - Azure to start (GCP, AWS if required for cost control purposes). using Terraform
  • Deployments using Git Actions
  • Spinning up on-prem servers to increase our flexibility and reduce dependence on on-prem solutions
  • Building out a dedicated Microsoft Fabric/Databricks/Azure Synapse/Azure Data Factory environment in a scalable way - (Any service in the Azure suite).
  • Setting up Source Control / Continuous Integration
  • Maintenance of all developed infrastructure
  • Advising management on best practices for cost management within Azure
  • Maintaining Networking perimeter for our infrastructure
  • Contributes to the identification/prioritization of solution through analysis and discussions.
  • Designs solutions within a single channel
  • Identify possible solutions and pros and cons to each
  • Adheres to quality control guidelines & 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:
  • 9+ years of experience on Azure cloud, terraforms, git actions, CLI in creating and managing azure cloud applications and managing azure network security and compliance
  • Experience with securing cloud environments and managing compliance frameworks
  • Knowledge of technologies & understands the technologies used by an engineering team
  • Knowledgeable about current security controls
  • Familiarity with vulnerability scanning tools and remediation processes
  • Understands regulatory environment, sales and digital experience, and channel
  • Proven ability to use data driven approaches to solve problems
  • Azure infrastructure, terraforms, git actions, Azure CLI, Python

Preferred Qualification:
  • B. Tech , MCA

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.

Top Skills

Azure
Azure Cli
Azure Data Factory
Azure Synapse
Databricks
Git Actions
Kendo Ui
Microsoft Fabric
Python
React
Terraform

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