Senior Data Analyst- Dublin, Letterkenny

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.

As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to help drive a growing Data Analyst team to support our analytic products. You will work with other Data analysts and subject matter experts to support Data Analytics for pharmacy products. As part of this team, you will be empowered to analyze data, create solutions and build production-ready models. Join us! There’s never been a better time to do your life’s best work

This role will support the development of an exciting new product which will form part of the Optum Insight product suite. The position will work in partnership with local analytic leadership in Ireland as part of the broader Optum Ireland ecosystem, while building strong relationships with US-based product & Account team.

As a Senior Data Analyst, this individual will be part of a healthcare product team; focused on developing and implementing methods to improve data generation, usage and reliability. This individual will be a key team member, focused on developing foundational data-pipelines for downstream analytics.

Primary Responsibilities of a Senior Data Analyst:

• Research, interpret, and analyze diverse and complex data

• Implement analytic activities to support decision-making across multiple lines of business

• Design and deliver complex reports and analysis through self-service reporting tool – Power BI/Looker.

• Proficient in writing complex SQL queries, optimizing performance, and managing data pipelines using Snowflake for scalable cloud-based analytics

• Implement process improvement initiatives and automation for efficiency where appropriate

• Be responsible for the delivery of results and the support of business strategies derived from data insights

• Participate in all phases of a project life cycle including database design, process flow, benchmark and trend analysis, and modelling

• Produce analytical outputs, executive summaries and descriptive analytics reports for Senior Leadership

• Collaborate with different lines of business and business functions, to understand their analytic needs, act as consultant to propose business solutions, and communicate results of analytics

• Utilizing SQL to create net new solutions, modify existing content and distribute the data to users and other systems.

• Provide recommendations to the development team regarding query optimization

  You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of a Senior Data Analyst:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• Extensive experience in Data Analysis and/or Data Engineering

• Experience in Data Warehousing, Data Modelling & Reporting and working on cloud.

• Data manipulation and data transformation skills and proficiency in at least SQL or Python

• Proficient in research, interpreting, and analyzing diverse and complex data, and assessing Data Quality

• Experience in deploying large scale analytical solutions or working in a large multinational company

• Experience in data ETL and blending tools

• Proficiency with excel & visualization tools

• Experience with PowerApps and/or Power platform

Preferred Qualifications of a Senior Data Analyst:

• Experience building data pipelines on either AWS, Azure or GCP, following best practices in Cloud deployments

• Understanding of system hardening, and threat and vulnerability management

• Data migration projects / Dev-ops / Data-Dev-Ops

• Query Optimization

• Proven track record in delivering technology driven solutions through full project life cycle.

• Ability to analyze and interpret large datasets to uncover trends, patterns, and opportunities.

• Experience designing interactive dashboards and visual reports using tools like Power BI, Looker to communicate insights effectively.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business questions into data-driven solutions.

• Experience presenting findings in a way that influences stakeholders and supports decision-making.

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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