Java Developer in Hadoop environment - Boston, MA - Full-time / Part-time

Transform health care and change the way consumers engage with technology.Sounds like a big challenge, right? Here, at Optum, you have the opportunity to achieve great things while you showcase your passion and technical expertise as a (Type of Developer) Applications Developer. You'll be inspired by working alongside some of the most brilliant minds in technology who bring compassion, energy and focus to their work every day on a mission to change health care as we know it. Join us! Come share who you are and start doing your life's best work.(sm) As part of our development team, you will predominantly be involved in building business solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications. You'll stretch your skills and grow your careers as a primary contributor in designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and supporting all types of applications consistent with the established specifications and business requirements in order to deliver business value. This is a unique development role where your (fill in what makes this role different).
Primary Responsibilities:


Design and develop ETL data flows using Hive / Pig

Perform loading from disparate data sets

Perform pre-processing using Hive and Pig

Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed design

Perform analysis of data sets and uncover insights

Maintain security and data privacy

Implement data flow scripts using Unix / hive / pig scripting

Propose best practices/standards

Work with the System Analyst and development manager on a day-to-day basis

Work with other team members to accomplish key development tasks

Work with service delivery (support) team on transition and stabilization

Required Qualifications:


3+ years Java experience

1+ years Hive, Pig, Map Reduce, and/or Hadoop ECO system framework experience
Preferred Qualifications:


ETL development experience

ETL data flows experience

Apache Spark

Talend experience

Unix/Linux Scripting experience

Shell Scripting experience

Python experience

HBase experience

NoSQL experience

Scala experience

JSON experience

REST experience

Sqoop experience

Flume experience

Data warehouse implementation experience

Healthcare industry experienceTechnology 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: 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.

Job Keywords: java, developer, Hadoop, Boston, MA, Massachusetts, Hive, Pig, Map Reduce