Data Engineering Consultant
unitedhealthgroup
Job Description
- Lead the design, development, and modernization of legacy applications using PySpark and Databricks
- Define technical architecture, standards, and best practices for scalable data solutions
- Mentor and guide data engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery and technical excellence
- Drive migration of legacy processes to cloud-native data engineering frameworks
- Design and optimize large-scale data pipelines for performance, reliability, and scalability
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
- Ensure data governance, security, quality, and compliance across data platforms
- Lead code reviews, technical design discussions, and production support activities
- Implement CI/CD, automation, and monitoring to improve operational efficiency
- Evaluate emerging technologies and drive continuous improvement in data engineering capabilities
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so