Java Technical Architect - Eden Prairie, MN - Full-time / Part-time

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Are you passionate about what you do; do you have technology in your DNA?  If so, this is the position for you!  In this role, you will work with the best and the brightest to make a direct impact on improving the healthcare industry and technology. We are looking for a technical architect with strong Java and distributed application design and development skills. In this role you must possess excellent problem solving skills and deep technical knowledge with a strong aptitude for appreciating the focus, scope and impact of your work in a much wider and forward-looking software landscape. The candidate should also be able to demonstrate a history of technical leadership, excellent communication, and a positive go-getter attitude.
 
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Primary Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership for a large team of software engineers through communication, documentation, and example
Design, code, test, debug, and document software in an agile environment, including application framework components for use by the development team and business components when it intersects with new technology direction
Collaborate with other teams in the organization to define supporting infrastructure and software tools needed to run and monitor software in a large scale environment
Learn and analyze new technologies and industry best practices to identify suitability for adoption by the development team
Contribute to the design and architecture of software and infrastructure to ensure projects meet goals for security, scalability, maintainability, availability, and resiliency and should be able to clearly articulate and present the implications of design/architectural decisions, issues and plans to leadership
Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity
Drive a quality mindset within the team

Required Qualifications:

2+ years of technical leadership experience
6+ years of application development experience
Strong hands-on experience with Java SE and the Spring Framework
Demonstrated success in building design patterns and software engineering best practices
Experience with automated unit testing technologies (such as JUnit, Spock, or similar)
Good understanding of SQL, relational database modeling and design
Experience in complex projects with division or company-wide scope
Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with commercial software development and/or healthcare industry experience
Experience developing cloud based SaaS applications
Experience designing systems for extremely high availability with 99.999% up time
Experience with NoSQL concepts and tools
Experience with XML / JSON and developing SOAP and REST services using Apache CXF or a comparable framework
Experience with Enterprise Integration Patterns and Messaging
Strong experience in projects requiring application re-engineering, modernization
Experience with Groovy
Experience with Continuous Delivery
Excellent analytical and creative problem solving skills
Independent/go-getter attitude to keep yourself well-versed with new evolving technologies in the software development landscape and be able to apply this knowledge to improve the software we are developing now or in future
Experience with all aspects of web application development
 
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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.