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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.

Experienced Principal Data Scientist with prior Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning experience to implement mission-focused solutions emphasizing data-driven decision making. The selected candidate should have experience in multiple related technologies and have the ability to architect custom solutions and provide technical direction to multiple Agile teams concurrently.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile Development process

• Provide Tier 3 support to user community

• Mentor existing resources and new hires

• Develop complex SQL code

• Monitor and tune SQL code to optimize Snowflake performance on multiple Petabyte enterprise data warehouses

• Develop complex python programs for Fraud, Waste, and Abuse investigative purposes

• Develop ETL solutions for migrating/ingesting source system data into an enterprise data warehouse at scale

• Develop, test, document SAS code refactored into Python. Ability to develop using HTML, XML, and JSON

• Develop, test, and maintain complex semantic layers for enterprise class healthcare claims data warehouses

• Deliver solutions that use AWS Glue, CloudTamer, Airflow, and S3

• Experience with Geographic Information Systems

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:

• 15+ years of Data Science and/or business intelligence systems

• 15+ years of experience performing SQL programming on petabyte data warehouses using at least 3 different database engines, such as Snowflake, Sybase, Teradata, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.

• 10+ years of experience developing ETL to load data warehouses

• 10+ years of experience developing applications in languages such Python, Java, SQL, HTML, and C

• 5+ years of experience implementing healthcare FWA applications, especially related to Medicare

• 5+ years of experience optimizing physical database design and performance of multi-petabyte enterprise data warehouses

• US citizen or Authorized to Work and lived in the US for 3 of the last 5 years. Must be able to obtain a U.S. Federal government client badge and pass a government Public Trust

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience related to CMS systems, particularly the Integrated Data Repository and programs such as One PI

• 3+ years of experience with Agile

• Expertise with Agile tools like JIRA, Confluence, Slack etc.

• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work with product and program management teams, Agile development teams, and external stakeholders

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

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 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 all 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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