Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is hiring a Data Scientist 2 to support ECS Strategy Reporting and Analytics. The role analyzes data, develops reporting and dashboards, and provides findings to inform strategic decisions and improve operational workflows.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Data Scientist supporting ECS Operations reporting and analytics
- Creates and supports standard clinical reporting, ad-hoc detailed analysis, self service reporting solutions
- Develops new dashboards and tools supporting clinical program performance and program effectiveness
- Works closely with clinical analysts in support of technical modernization efforts and initiatives
- Develops and maintains effective working relationships with key business partners, understanding their analytics needs to better anticipate, identify and diagnose problems and make recommendations
- Identifies and resolves operational problems using defined processes, expertise and judgement
- Evaluates and presents information in a manner that will facilitate leadership's understanding of the results and impact
- Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
- Influences senior leadership to adopt new ideas, projects and/or approaches
- Provides leadership with statistical findings and conclusions in analyzing interpreting trends and root cause analysis
Skills
- 3+ years of data analysis or data science experience working with large data volumes, disparate relational databases, schemas, and complex business problems
- Prior work experience developing complex analytic solutions leveraging AI/ML technology
- Experience with cloud-computing and analytics ecosystems such as Azure or AWS
- Proficiency with distributed analytics frameworks, particularly Apache Spark using PySpark or Scala
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native ETL and orchestration technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Airflow, or Databricks Delta Live Tables
- Experience with modern enterprise data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake
- Proficiency with Git and version-control practices
- Experience building scalable business reports, dashboards, and semantic solutions using Power BI or Tableau
- Experience developing or operationalizing advanced analytics and artificial intelligence or machine-learning solutions
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Incentive and recognition programs (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Equity stock purchase (subject to eligibility requirements)
- 401k contribution (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.; hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area are required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week
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