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EDW Data & Solutions Architect-316047: UnitedHealth Group

Job ID316047
Company NameUnitedHealth Group
Job CategoryTechnology; Healthcare
LocationEden Prairie, MN
Position TypeFull-Time, Employee
Experience10-15 Years Experience
Date PostedNovember 12, 2009 (Reposted Dec 4)


Job Category:
Information Technology

Reference Code:
316047

Position Type:
Full-time, Regular




UnitedHealth Group is among the most ambitious Fortune 25 companies you'll ever meet. Through our family of businesses, we're working to make the health care system perform better for more people, in more ways than ever.

Simply put, we think the entire system can be greater than it's ever been. And that drives us to work harder, aim higher, and expect more from one another.

Here, you'll be empowered to make an immediate impact for millions of others. And you'll achieve more than you ever expected. How does that fit with your plans?


EDW Data & Solutions Architect-316047

UnitedHealth Group is an innovative leader in the health and well-being industry, serving more than 55 million Americans. Through our family of companies, we contribute outstanding clinical insight with consumer-friendly services and advanced technology to help people achieve optimal health.

Description

Ingenix is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
If you get excited about the life transforming potential of bringing health care information to the right place, at the right time, to support crucial decisions, welcome to Ingenix. We're one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies and the only organization in our industry with the information, technology and consulting expertise to solve the most significant challenges in health and human services.
ENTERPRISE DATA WAREHOUSE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT:
INGENIX has embarked on a mission to enable strategic business objectives by creating enterprise data integration and analytics capabilities that achieve the future state analytics architectural vision as outlined by its enterprise architecture team. The core of the Unified Data Warehouse (UDW) program is the creation of an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) that provides the enterprise with a predictable, integrated and consistent source of truth for business analytics.
As part of the Solutions Architecture team in the Ingenix Information Technology Delivery (ITD) Foundational Services organization, you have the opportunity to fulfill a key role in creating foundational capabilities that can be reused and applied across business analytic needs. You have the opportunity to serve as an expert resource in providing architectural solutions to address functional and non-functional requirements of strategic programs and delivery projects. The technology used for integration is IBM's Information Server Suite and the EDW could be housed in either IBM or Teradata platform.

Core responsibilities:
  • Extend the industry standard data model for specific needs of UHC projects
  • Provide architectural solutions and services for data intake, integration and enrichment covering data architecture, data structure, meta data, data quality and data security for the EDW and other initiatives
  • Architect solutions for key business initiatives ensuring alignment with Enterprise Architecture future state analytics vision
  • Work closely with the project teams as outlined in the SDLC engagement model to provide guidance in implementing solutions at various stages of projects.
  • Engage constructively with project teams to support project objectives through the application of sound architectural principles
  • Develop and validate that the proposed solution architecture supports the stated & implied business requirements of the project
  • Review technical team deliverables for compliance with architecture standards and guidelines
  • Adopt innovative architectural approaches to leverage in-house data integration capabilities consistent with architectural goals of the enterprise
  • Identify and define the effective application of foundational services tools towards business use cases
  • Collaborate with the Ingenix Enterprise Architecture team to evolve and clarify the enterprise's future-state analytic architectural constructs
  • Create architectural designs for different stakeholders that provide a conceptual definition of the information processing needs for the delivery project
As a vital member of the UnitedHealth Group family, we serve customers in every segment of the health care field. This includes government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health delivery networks, insurance providers and, of course, the diverse business divisions of UnitedHealth Group.

Qualifications

    • 10 + years in the IT profession
    • 5 + years experience creating DM / DW architectures
    • Experience with 3NF for VLDBs
    • Experience with relational and dimensional data modeling
    • Proven experience to interpret logical data models and ensure alignment with business requirements
    • Data modeling experience (conceptual, physical and logical) and experience using ERWin or another data modeling tool
    • Experience in creating architectural artifacts using UML for different stakeholders
    • Experience with Meta Data tools and techniques a plus
    • Experience with data quality and data profiling tools
    • Experience with various data intake, staging and integration methods.
    • Experience in incorporating world-ready features
    • Experience building and/or delivering against long-term, strategic technology roadmaps
    • Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas (both verbally and in writing) to executives and technologists
    • Ability to consult with business and technology representatives and to negotiate satisfactory outcomes for all
    • Success leading multiple projects through the entire SDLC
    • Excellent facilitation, verbal, and written communication skills
    • High accountability with a demonstrated ability to deliver
    • Relevant Bachelor's degree
  • Additional Assets
    • Experience in developing and maintaining data architecture and data management standards and naming conventions
    • Advanced understanding of data management best practices
    • Prior experience working with health care data and industry standard models
    • Experience with integration methodologies and tools including IBM's Information Server
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
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.




Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.



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