Data Engineering Consultant

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Solid experience (3+ years !!) with SQL SERVER Development (PL/SQL Programming)
• Solid experience (2+ years !!) with Database Administration (SQL Server)
• Experience with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
• Experience with SQL Server Profiler and resolving deadlocks and blocking sessions
• Experience with MS Azure platform
• Experience with analysing execution Plans, followed up with Query Tuning & Optimization & Indexing Strategies / statistics
• Ability to analyse and optimize slow-running queries
• Experience with identifying/resolving Sleeping Sessions
• Experience with index maintenance (rebuild/reorganize)
• Application Performance Tuning - Understanding of connection pooling, caching, and load balancing

Required Qualifications:

• Bachler's degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of overall experience in Data & Analytics engineering
• 5+ years of experience working with Azure, Databricks, and ADF, Data Lake
• 5+ years of experience working with data platform or product using PySpark and Spark-SQL
• Solid experience with CICD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Github Actions, Maven etc.
• In-depth understanding of Azure architecture & ability to come up with efficient design & solutions
• Highly proficient in Python and SQL
• Proven excellent communication skills

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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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: UHG-2296976

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-04T20:27:47