Job description

hackajob is collaborating with UnitedHealth Group to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for 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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Event Data Engineer role focuses on creating and maintaining lab/production environments and building a pipeline to ingest data from events and provide a secure environment for data analysts working to understand the data. This role will work as part of the security team to build an investigative data platform. 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 incident investigations following a data event • Partner with the team to design and develop a scalable, high-performance data and reporting platform that serves our customers and stakeholders. • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand evolving data needs and define long-term technical solutions • Drive strategic initiatives around the use of AI solutions, data quality, observability, lineage, and governance. Ability to leverage AI and AI tools in security. • Introduce and evolve best practices in data modeling, orchestration, testing, and monitoring • Identify and champion investments in platform scalability, reusability, and operational efficiency • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to design data solutions that enable rapid experimentation and innovation • Build, maintain, and leverage parsing and analytic libraries. • Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines and environments. • Work comfortably under time-sensitive conditions while ensuring thoroughness. • Maintain high ethical standards and the ability to remain objective and confidential. 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 And Skills • Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of work experience. • 5+ years of writing and deploying Python and/ or Java code • 5+ years of experience in PySpark and Databricks. • 5+ years of experience normalizing unstructured data • 4+ years of experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as GitHub actions, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform. • 2+ years of experience leveraging and deploying Generative AI use cases to production environment • Expertise in SQL and database fundamentals, with strong experience working with data lakes and warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks) • Experience designing and scaling ELT/ETL frameworks with orchestration tools like Airflow, or similar platform Preferred Qualifications • Cyber certifications such as CISSP or Security+ • 4+ years of experience with data visualization tools and libraries such as plotly, seaborn, Chart.js • Experience with machine learning and predictive analytics • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud • AI/ML experience building classification and fingerprinting files • Experience with SIEMs such as Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel • Experience delivering reports and analytics in a cyber security organization • Familiarity with eDiscovery platforms and working with legal counsel • All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy. Pay 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 $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.

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