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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 talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to startCaring. Connecting. Growing together.\nYou'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nAs a senior member of the Cloud Data Engineering team, the candidate should provide:\nThe technical leadership for all the data engineering efforts on public cloud for the Optum Rx Data Estate scrum team.\nWill design and build scalable and cost-effective public cloud (Azure) native solutions as per the business use cases\nShould be hands-on engineer with experience in multiple data engineering technologies (Spark/Kafka/ADF/Databricks)\nStandard dev-ops technologies and processes (CI/CD- Containers, Jenkins etc.) \nAs a tech lead, he should be responsible for the deliverables of the team working closely with the product owners and the delivery leads\nYou'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.\nRequired Qualifications:\nEngineering Degree in computer science or equivalent experience\n10+ years of Data Engineering experience\n5+ years of Data engineering experience in Spark\n3+ years on Cloud native data engineering technologies \nExperience using AI/ML\nTechnical skill sets: Experience in Dev Ops and CI/CD - Jenkins, Terraform (Azure) and containers (Docker)\nWork experience on Proof of Concepts for AI/ML\nHands-on experience on building data engineering pipelines on Spark/ Data bricks (Azure)\nHands-on experience with stream data ingestion /processing with Spark \nHands-on experience on other Azure native data technology stack - Azure Data factory, Synapse, Snowflake\nExposure to providing ETL solutions for Azure native stack and in Spark\nGood exposure on Enterprise Data Lake (Delta Lake) and Data Warehouse concepts\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience working with business partners for requirement gathering, scoping, estimation, and execution plan for various capabilities\nExperience working in an Agile environment with multiple Scrum and Kanban teams\n*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.\nPay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.\nApplication Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.\nAt 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.\nUnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.\nUnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. 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