Senior Data Engineer - Operations

About this role

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 diversity and inclusion, 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 start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute\* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Gather and prepare analysis based on information from internal and external sources to evaluate and demonstrate program effectiveness and efficiency, and problem solving
• Developing scalable reporting processes and querying data sources to conduct ad hoc analyses/detailed data profiling
• Research complex functional data/analytical issues, good troubleshooting skills
• Assume responsibility for data integrity among various internal groups and/or between internal and external sources
• Must be able to take end to end responsibility quickly solving data issues in production setting
• End‑to‑End Operational Ownership
• Run Monitoring & Issue Management
• Stakeholder Communication & Coordination
• Change and Release Readiness
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience with SQL
• 2+ years of experience with Kafka, Databricks, Github, Airflow and Azure or ...