Senior Architecture Analyst -Telecommute

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Eden Prairie
Posted on: August 4, 2022

Job Description:

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

With Optum you are in a unique position to help build a better healthcare system that can improve the health outcomes through defining and designing forward looking architecture and implementation strategies from a technology standpoint. This is a unique opportunity that provides extensive scope to efficiently design data systems to solve business opportunities towards improving patient health using the data as a backbone and help derive valuable insights. As a Sr. Architecture Analyst, you will be primarily evaluating business data analytics use cases, define efficient data modeling to enable optimal data processing and accelerate user adoption. With data insights derived from multiple data domains and overlapping use cases, you will find opportunities for optimization and efficient modeling and design to find synergies across multiple initiatives. You will also be providing architecture solutions as needed to build efficient systems using cutting edge technologies and review solutions with architecture boards and take it forward for implementation and see through it towards completion.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide data strategy and governance oversight for OBHT data insights and analytics programs
• Create/maintain data and solution architecture artifacts to support OBHT data products and solutions
• Develop data architecture solutions that are aligned with enterprise data management and data architecture strategy
• Create high level architecture and data solution design for projects (conceptual model, integration model, sourcing) in alignment with the portfolio and enterprise data strategy
• Understand and communicate different architectural models/strategies that are consistent with business strategies
• Analyze business processes, operational applications, and source data to understand dependencies, anomalies and implicit business rules
• Design, develop and maintain logical and physical data models
• Perform data profiling and analysis and develop data models that correspond to the business and technical requirements
• Partner with other architects to ensure alignment and integration across portfolio boundaries and promote enterprise architecture vision
• Ensure the architecture definition is operationally sustainable and efficient
  
  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:
  • Bachelor s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Deep logical and physical data modeling experience using the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) methodology and applied experience and expertise in data architecture concepts (e.g., model management, meta-data management, data governance)
  • Experience developing a data strategy and working with enterprise architecture and influencing the associated policies
  • Experience delivering concurrent, large information management projects at all phases-from project definition through design and delivery
  • Demonstrated proficiency in requirements gathering and solution architecture definition to achieve the goals Preferred Qualifications:
    • Hands on experience on Snowflake cloud database or similar cloud native database systems
    • Public & Private cloud experience in infrastructure, security and data processing design areas
    • Healthcare data domain and modeling experience
    • Experience with data streams (Kafka, similar) and event driven architecture
    • Healthcare industry specific knowledge that includes working knowledge of industry data standards and architectures (FHIR, HL7)
    • Optional knowledge in advanced technologies like ML/AI, Graph
    • In depth knowledge on understanding and deriving insights from data (healthcare preferred)
    • Performance management and evaluation for large scale data processing projects that needs to scale
      
      To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
      
      Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)
      
      Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The salary range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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.
      
      All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group s Telecommuter Policy.
      
      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.
      
      

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