Senior Manager Data Engineering

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Senior Manager Data Engineering to lead a team of data engineers, design scalable architectures, and drive data platform initiatives. You will oversee data integration from multiple sources, mentor staff, and partner with business units to deliver analytics solutions.

The role involves guiding cloud migration efforts, collaborating with Data Science and Product teams, and advancing best practices across the engineering function in a hybrid Dublin/Letterkenny environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Database Management, IT or CS.
• Experience in enterprise data architectures and data integration.
• Experience with cloud DB technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Data modeling, data visualization tools and data quality practices.
• Experience with healthcare data standards (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data engineers and mentor members.
• Design data architectures that meet enterprise standards.
• Plan and manage data project implementations.
• Develop data pipelines and ensure clean coding practices.
• Partner with Data Science and Product leaders on analytics pipelines.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure on cloud strategies (Azure, Snowflake, etc.).

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Time management

Strategic thinking

Team collaboration

Influence without authority

Learning ability

Result orientation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Database Management / IT / CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

HBase

Airflow

Kafka

Azure Databricks

Snowflake

On-prem to cloud migration

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.

Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We want to achieve more in our mission of health care, and so we must be smart about the business of health care. At Optum, we're changing the landscape of our industry. You will put your Data Engineering & People Management skills to work as you empower business partners and lead team members to improve the healthcare system. You will research cutting edge big data platforms, tools, and design innovative solutions to solve business problems that only a Senior Manager Data Engineering can.

As a Senior Manager Data Engineering at Optum, you'll be leading the work with Stars Quality capability for Optum Health incorporating OptumCare and Optum Home & Community, strategically aimed at closing unrealized Stars opportunities for delegated UHC Members

You will be responsible for leading the team that is focused on the integration of multiple complex data sources into our existing on-premises big data platform with a mix of different technology (i.e., Kubernetes, Hadoop etc.) and various data applications (i.e. Spark, Hive, HBase, Airflow).

You will be responsible for the migration of the existing big data platform from on premise to the cloud using technology like Kafka, Azure Databricks and Snowflake.

You will be a thought leader, focused on innovation; developing proofs of concepts that leverage data in new and exciting ways as well as driving best practices and standards across the engineering team.

You will work closely with our business users to understand their needs and priorities with the autonomy to propose new solutions and leverage new technologies, while being supported by a wider team of Data Engineers, Business Analysts and Data Scientists.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic or Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin and Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data engineers
• Partner and manage stakeholder relationships
• Design innovative and best in class Data Architectures that comply with enterprise standards
• Plan and manage data project implementations
• Mentor and train team members
• Develop data pipelines to ingest and transform data using clean coding principles
• Partner with Data Science and Product leaders to design best practices and standards for developing and deploying analytic pipelines.
• Partner with Infrastructure leaders on architecture approaches to advance the data and analytics platform, including exploring new tools and techniques that leverage the cloud environment (Azure, Snowflake, others)
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Database Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or similar
• Enterprise Solution or Data Architectural experience
• Data Platforms and RDBMS, NoSQL, NewSQL and Streaming technology experience
• Data Integration Tools and Technologies
• Data Modelling and Data Visualization Tools and Technologies
• Data Intelligence (AI / ML) and Data Science skills, tools and technologies
• Experience using cloud database technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience in building data models to support various types of solutions (Kimball / Data Vault)

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare industry knowledge and experience with exposure to EDI, HIPAA, HL7 and FHIR integration standards
• Experience with Data Quality and Data Security process, tools, and technologies (DeeQu, Great Expectations etc.)
• Metadata management and Data Catalog management process, tools and technologies (Hive Meta Store, Unity Catalog etc)
• Emerging Technologies, IOT integrations, Graph technologies
• Exceptional soft skills - Analytical skills, Communication skills; Organizations and priority / time management skills; Ability to influence outcomes without authority; Strategic thinking; Results orientation; Ability to learn fast; Team work and collaboration skills

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.