Hadoop Software Engineer

Optum Data Management is focused on building market solutions to drive innovation across the healthcare ecosystem. Big data platforms are a core component to our strategy and we are looking for senior Hadoop software engineers to support these initiatives. As a Hadoop software engineer you will be responsible for planning, design and development of platform features/capabilities leveraging open source, Hadoop-related technologies. Candidates must be familiar with Agile development methods, understand object-oriented programming methodology, able to collaborate with architects on component design, and experienced with the software development lifecycle. Ideally candidates will have at least 6 years of experience as a programmer (3+ years in Big Data space) and 10+ years of large scale Data Warehouse experience. 

Requirements:

o   Minimum of 6 years full SDLC  development and implementation experience
o   Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with programming on high-scale or distributed systems (such as Hadoop)
o   Ability to write MapReduce jobs (proficient in Java) (3+ years)
o   Hands-on knowledge of Hbase, Hive and Pig (3+ years)
o   Familiarity with data loading tools like Flume, Sqoop
o   Knowledge of workflow/schedulers like Oozie
o   Extensive knowledge about Hadoop Architecture and HDFS
o   Must have subject matter expertise and hands on delivery experience working on popular Hadoop distribution platforms like Cloudera, HortonWorks, MapR, Pivotal

Assets:

o   Previous experience with high-scale or distributed RDBMS (e.g. Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, Aster Data, Vertica)
o   Knowledge of cloud computing infrastructure (e.g. Amazon Web Services EC2, Elastic MapReduce) and considerations for scalable, distributed systems
o   Knowledge of NoSQL platforms (e.g. key-value stores, graph databases, RDF triple stores)
o   Hands-on experience with ETL  tools (e.g Informatica,  Talend, Pentaho)
o   Hands-on experience with BI tools and reporting software (e.g. Microstrategy, Cognos, Tableau)
o   Hands-on experience with "productionalizing" Hadoop applications (e.g. administration, configuration management, monitoring, debugging, and performance tuning)
o   Hands-on experience with analytical tools, languages, or libraries (e.g. SAS, SPSS, R, Mahout)
o   Healthcare experience

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.