Senior Applications Development Consultant - Phoenix, AZ

UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference?   Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

The Senior Applications Development Consultant will play a key role in driving application customization and integration projects to delivery by working with both onshore and offshore development teams.  He/She will need to have a strong technical foundation with strong project management skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead development team to achieve key business objectives


• Design and implement application enhancements in collaboration with different teams


• Will be expected to function as a mentor for junior developers, providing assistance where needed


• Developing pioneering approaches to emerging industry trends


• Leads large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives


• Will be expected to handle smaller projects completely on their own, including interactions with other teams and 3rd parties for design and architecture


• Collaborate with the team on application architecture design and decision-making
  Involvement with senior management in terms of supplying input for key design and architecture decisions, as well as work estimation and resource planning


• Develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business


• Provide alternate design solutions along with project estimates


• Troubleshoot production support issues post release deployment and come up with solutions


• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
  Influences senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience


• 8+ years of experience with the System Development Life Cycle


• 5 + years experience in developing and implementing healthcare industry claims applications


• Experience writing and executing functional specifications


• 3+ years of experience with Oracle relational databases

Preferred Qualifications:

• FACETS application knowledge


• Java application development background


• Mainframe development/interface experience


• Experience with DataStage

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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

Job Keywords: IT, Technology, Optum, Applications Development, Application Architecture, Phoenix, AZ