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. 

If you reside in Virginia, you’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Testing skills include performing Regression, Integration, Functional, System, Database, end to end testing, volume, and stress testing as well as development, execution, Test specifications and Test scenarios
• Create ETL test data for all ETL mapping rules to test the functionality of the DataStage and Informatica
• Test the ETL DataStage, Informatica mappings and other ETL Processes (Data Warehouse Testing)
• Design, develop, and modify highly specialized computer applications to drive user efficiency and overall business success
• Ensure applications meet demanding standards for privacy and security as required by strict internal policies and industry-specific regulations
• Create efficient, high performance enhancements to these applications, enhancements that address and achieve specific customer goals
• Quickly and effectively design, develop, and implement new technology features that build on existing functionality, including but not limited to integrating with new technology
• Ensure compliance with software development life cycle protocols and ensure project priorities are recorded and satisfied according to those protocols, raising any risk factors to the appropriate project management team
• Constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of applications
• Adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base
• Satisfy data accessibility standards by ensuring all electronic information and technology is fully usable by people with disabilities
• Facilitate all quality assurance protocols, including user acceptance testing, by quickly resolving issues and providing all required metrics and data, including issue tracking
• Design and develop reporting as needed to summarize and analyze application functionality
• Ensure these proprietary applications satisfy rigorous internally-defined technical requirements for performance, resiliency, availability and scalability
• Collaborate with solutions users to build, extend, and enhance applications that accelerate efficiency and innovation across the organization
• Provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production
• Developing the ETL code using Power Center to load large volumes of data into the data warehouse

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 higher) OR 3+ years of equivalent working experience in data analysis
• 4+ years of Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience
• 3+ years Developing the ETL code using Power Center to load large volumes of data into the data warehouse
• 3+ years Creating ETL test data for ETL mapping rules to test the functionality of the DataStage and Informatica
• 3+ years Testing the ETL DataStage, Informatica mappings and other ETL Processes (Data Warehouse Testing)
• 3+ years developing Test plans, Test cases, Test Scripts, Use Cases and Test strategies

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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.

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