Business Data Analyst – Remote Nationwide

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.   

Join a team that is enabling an evolution and has the flexibility to work virtually, with a variety of technologies, staging near real-time, quality data. Ensure positive customer and consumer experience with opportunities to collaborate across business functions in an innovative healthcare environment. As a Business Data Analyst, you will work with people from all over Optum to bring quality data into an enterprise data platform and enable communications to Rx members and patients. You will constantly learn new data and areas of the business and work with new people. A typical day could include leading a meeting to elicit business requirements, deep diving into analyzing and understanding data and how it can be used to fulfill requirements, researching production issues, explaining requirements to offshore developers, and working with your direct teammates on documentation or process improvements. Our matrixed team of Data Strategists and Business Data Analysts is composed of people from multiple countries who are dedicated to supporting each other, sharing, and achieving great things as a team.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Enable an exceptional consumer experience by supporting development and adoption of an enterprise, real-time, consumer communication data infrastructure
• Ensure the data needs of consumers, external clients, internal clients, and business partners are met by leading/coaching them to identify and articulate their business requirements
• Develop expertise in multiple data domains and source data systems
• Analyze internal/external systems to assess potential data sources for ingestion into the data platform; recommend best source to meet business requirements and platform standards
• Analyze source data to identify what selection criteria, transformations and/or cleansing are needed to fulfill each business requirement
• Create and maintain data flow and data mapping documents (Source to Target or Business Requirements Document) and supporting documents
• Assist Agile Product Owners with translating business requirements into Agile features, user stories, and acceptance criteria for migrations, new requests, enhancements, or production issues
• Attend daily standups to answer questions and collaborate with developers
• Confirm data deliverables meet quality standards; may assist with QA; post-deployment, troubleshoot data quality issues and identify root causes
• Operate as part of a larger BDA team, follow established SOP’s and Best Practices, update project and time tracking, and escalate when needed
• Identify and drive BDA and Agile process/quality/efficiency improvements
• Special projects as assigned

What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group?   Put it all together – competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)
• More information can be downloaded at: http://uhg.hr/uhgbenefits

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: 
Before applying, please ensure each of these experiences are stated clearly on your resume under each applicable employer entry. 

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 3+ years of involvement in medium to large technology or data projects as a data analyst, business analyst, systems analyst, developer, or other data-focused role on a project team
• 2+ years of experience writing moderately complex SQL queries involving multiple joins, unions, and aggregations against massive data stores
• 1+ years of experience collaborating with business and technical users, and authoring Business Requirements Documents, Source-to-Target Mapping documents, program/process flow charts, Use Cases, and/or Acceptance Criteria for data-focused projects
• 1+ years of experience working in a dynamic and evolving environment with ambiguity, rapidly changing priorities, and multiple concurrent projects; adept at working autonomously and keeping track of details and status of your own and others’ tasks
• Ability to participate in daily meetings at 8:00 AM US Central time (schedule is flexible otherwise)

 Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working with large, complex data platforms such as Databricks, Kafka/json, Microsoft Hyperscale, Oracle/Exadata, Hadoop/data lakes, etc.
• Working knowledge of health care or pharmacy benefit management industry products/services and operations
• Intermediate level of knowledge of Agile process and principles; basic experience using Rally (CA Agile)

Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to learn and use new technologies, data, and processes quickly, and share that knowledge with others
• Curious and excited to learn new things every day; unafraid to ask questions to gain understanding; persistent about getting answers

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

 

The salary range for this role is $71,600 to $140,600 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. 

 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

 

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.

 

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. 

 

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

 

 

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