Data Engineering Lead – Azure Databricks – Hyderabad

Optum

5 - 10 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 03/05/2025

Job Description

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Involved in creating proper technical documentation in the work assignments
  • Ensures that all the standard requirements have been met and is involved in performing the technical analysis
  • Assisting the project manager by compiling information from the current systems, analyzing the program requirements, and ensuring that it meets the specified time requirements
  • Resolves moderate problems associated with the designed programs and provides technical guidance on complex programming
  • Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience in Spark/Scala, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Airflow and Kafka. Proficient in coding, testing, implementing, debugging, and documenting the complex Spark Jobs
  • Kafka, Sqoop, Spark/Scala/Azure Databricks, DWH Concepts experience
  • Spark, Kafka Streaming experience
  • Scala programming experience
  • AWS, Big Data Hadoop, Hive, Python experience
  • Hands on Spark/Scala programming experience
  • Participating in agile development projects for batch and real time data ingestion
  • Integration with AWS/Hadoop/HDFS, Real-Time Systems, Data Warehouses, and Analytics solutions experience
  • Good hands on experience on setting up Kafka streams and consuming from Kafka streams
  • Experience in RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server, Netezza, DB2 etc.
  • Possess good knowledge in Unix and shell scripting
  • Good understanding of Spark Architecture
  • Good understanding of Data Architecture and Azure Cloud
  • Understanding of the business needs and designs programs and systems that match the complex business requirements and records all the specifications that are involved in the development and coding process
  • Understanding of QA and testing automation process
  • Proven working with business and peers to define, estimate, and deliver functionality

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Java experience
  • Understanding and knowledge of Agile

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.

About Company

Optum is a leading health services and innovation company, part of UnitedHealth Group. It combines data, technology, and clinical expertise to improve healthcare delivery, reduce costs, and enhance outcomes. Optum operates across three core areas: OptumHealth (care delivery), OptumInsight (data and analytics), and OptumRx (pharmacy care services), serving millions of individuals, employers, and healthcare organizations globally.

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