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Senior Data Engineer – 2313234

Requisition Number: 2313234
Job Category: Technology
Primary Location: Eden Prairie, MN
(Remote considered)

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Senior Data Engineer – 2313234

EMPLOYER:    Optum Services Inc.

JOB TITLE:    Senior Data Engineer

LOCATION:    1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)

DUTIES:    Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Duties include: Functions include database architecture, engineering, design, optimization, security, and administration; perform data modeling, big data development, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) development, storage engineering, data warehousing, data provisioning, and other similar responsibilities; managing Platform-as-a-Service and Cloud solutions with a focus on data stores and associated ecosystems; overseeing design services, providing sizing and configuration assistance, ensuring strict data quality, and performing needs assessments; analyzing current business practices, processes, and procedures, as well as identifying future business opportunities for leveraging data storage and retrieval system capabilities; managing relationships with software and hardware vendors to understand the potential architectural impact of different vendor strategies and data acquisition; designing schemas, writing SQL or other data markup scripting, and supporting the development of analytics and applications that build on top of data; selecting, developing, and evaluating personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function; high-performance data storage and advanced computing architectures, ensuring efficient and reliable data management; and advanced data processing, data modeling, and analysis, driving insights, and informed decision-making. Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.

 

REQUIREMENTS:    Employer will accept a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in a technology-related occupation.

Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following: 
    *    Databases such as SQL server 2000/2005/2008 R2/2012, MS Access, Snowflake, or Teradata,Oracle;
    *    Languages such as Transact- SQL, SQL, HTML, C. Java, Spring Boot, SQL, or Python;
    *    Operating Systems such as Windows NT/98/ 2000/XP/Vista/2003, MS-DOS OLAP/Reporting Tools     SSAS, (SSRS), MDX, or Crystal Reports;
    *    Tableau, Desktop, or PowerBI;
    *    ETL Tools such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server DTS, ETL Informatica, or Talend;
    *    ETL Tools such as DBT (Data Build Tool);
    *    Workflow orchestration tool such as Apache Airflow:
    *    Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Office, or MS Visio;
    *    Data Modeling Tools such as Microsoft Visio 2000/2003 or Altova tool;
    *    SQL Server Tools such as SQL server Management Studio, SQL server Query Analyzer, SQL server mail service , DBCC, BCP , or SQL server profiler;
    *    Programming languages such as  C, SQL, PL/SQL,T-SQL, .NET, C#, or Java Springboot;
    *    Data Modeling Star Schema Modeling, FACT, Dimensions Tables, or Physical and Logical Data Modeling; and
    *    Data Warehousing & BI SQL Server, Business Intelligence Studio, SSIS, SSAS, Access Manager, SQL Server 2008/2012 Analysis Services and SQL Reporting services, DTS, ProClarity, or PPS-2007, MOSS.

RATE OF PAY:  $ 106,579 – $160,226 / per year

Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2313234

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

Additional Job Detail Information

Requisition Number 2313234

Business Segment Optum Technology

Employee Status Regular

Job Level Individual Contributor

Travel No

Country: US

Overtime Status Exempt

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Telecommuter Position Yes

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