Director of Cloud Data Engineering & Solution Architecture - Remote

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.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Cloud Data Engineering & Solution Architecture to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, providing solution-centered thought leadership, delivery excellence, and deep technology and business domain knowledge

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor for our clients through solution-centered thought leadership, delivery excellence, and deep technology and business domain knowledge
• Serve as the information management subject matter expert who provides data management strategy and architecture recommendations for the organization and leadership.
• Cloud-first solution architect to lead the design, development and implementation of data ingestion, transformation, and data integrations to create, enhance or modernize data and analytics solutions
• Demonstrate technical expertise in cloud platforms and cloud-native AI, analytics, big data and associated technologies, data quality, governance, and architecture
• Demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking aptitude with problem-solving skills
• Develop data strategies to support digital and analytics roadmap
• Define and implement effective data governance and data quality frameworks and MDM initiatives
• Advise on data management practices, approaches, and frameworks
• Advise on data access security requirements pertinent to healthcare data management assets and architect data access and security solutions
• Build rapport with clients with superior executive presence enabled with strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Actively mentor team members, through code reviews, brown bags, tech talks, design reviews
• Self-driven, ownership mindset to navigate ambiguity, identify options to resolve constraints, mitigate business risks and define solutions to business problems without much hand holding
• Curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and invest in people development via active coaching and mentoring

You'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.

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years of Data Architecture & Data Engineering experience leading teams
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing data warehouse and analytics solutions on prem and on cloud
• 5+ years of experience leading data engineering teams through a product life cycle - requirements, design, development, testing and deployment
• 2+ years of experience designing and implementing health care data and information management solutions in cloud and familiarity with provider data
• Solid foundational and experience working with Azure or AWS cloud data engineering stack, architecture patterns and best practices; Cloud Solution Architecture, Cloud Data Engineering certification would be a plus
• Experience in data management activities such as ETL, data quality management, data privacy & security, and MDM
• Experience in one or more programming languages such as Python/Scala/Java
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of, and preferably experience with, NoSQL and Graph databases and data architectures along w/ deep experience with relational and dimensional data architecture
• Experience in Data Warehousing concepts, ETL, data quality management, data privacy and security and MDM with constituent technologies such as Informatica, Data Stage, Talend, Collibra, Alation, Reltio, Debezium, Hadoop, Graph Database, SSIS etc.
• Experience with Snowflake, Data Bricks, and Big Query a big plus
• Exposure to and experience with visualization tools such as Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, Domo etc.
• Ideally experience with Java and/or Kafka streaming architectures
• Proficiency in software delivery experience using Agile including CI/CD and DevOps with constituent applications such as Jira, Rally, Aha, GitHub, Selenium, etc.
• Sound knowledge of healthcare industry w/ good understanding of medical claims. pharmacy claims, eligibility, and clinical data - including EMR data

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

The salary range for this role is $124,500 to $239,400 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application 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.

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.

UnitedHealth 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.

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