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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibility:

• 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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of working experience in Software development with 3+ years in Spark development using Scala and Pyspark
• 3+ years of Implementation experience on time-critical production projects following key software development practices
• Hands-on experience of migration to Big data using Spark (Scala /Spark)
• Experience in Database technologies including MySQL and NOSQL DBs like Cassandra, etc.
• Working experience on cloud technologies (Azure is a plus)
• Hands-on development experience in Spark programming, particularly in Scala
• Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD (Containerization using Dockers)
• Good knowledge of Hadoop Ecosystem and related components
• Sound understanding of Apache Spark architecture and its practical implementation in clustered environment
• Sound understanding of running applications on a Containerized platform (Docker/ Kubernetes)
• Exposure to following DevOps methodology and creating CI/CD deployment pipeline
• Ability to understand the existing application codebase, perform impact analysis and update the code when required based on the business logic or for optimization
• Ability to learn modern technologies and be part of fast paced teams
• Ability to guide junior team members and shoulder technical leadership responsibilities to lead team and provide solutions.
• Solid communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent Analytical and Communication skills (Both Verbal and Written)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience on Streaming application (Kafka, Spark Streaming etc.)
• US Healthcare domain experience
• US healthcare experience
• Experience on Python and associated Python Packages is desirable
• Experience of Spark development using Pyspark
• Understanding of Agile framework and concept of Scrum etc.
• Basic understanding on data analytics/ ML algorithms and implementation
• Exposure to any cloud based PAAS architecture and running spark application on top of it
• Exposure to job schedulers like Airflow and ability to create and modify DAGs
• Exposure to streaming technologies and working knowledge of Kafka, Spark streaming etc.
• Comfortable to work in Data analytic platforms, understanding the workflow of streaming ingestion, Data enrichments and migration efforts

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

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.