SAS Programmer – PBM background

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.

The primary role of the developer is to design develop effective and high quality technical Business Intelligence (BI) solutions that meet the business requirements. The technical domain of the Business Intelligence includes understanding BI best practices, tools and technologies, security in the BI environment, understanding of different data warehousing and dimensional modeling concepts, BI development, performance tuning, support system test and code deployment in production. The person performing this role would require having at least 3-5 years of Business Intelligence experience, preferably in healthcare/PBM domain.
 
Responsibilities:
1.       Design and develop all the enterprise reports- create report templates, objects and filters. 
2.       Validate that the report design and technical specifications are complete, consistent, concise, and achievable.
3.       Responsible for collaborating with the BI Architect, business analyst and data analyst to resolve gaps in reporting specifications and ensuring these decisions are documented.
4.       Produce reporting solution meeting 100 percent of technical specifications and business requirements according to the established designs.
5.       Proactive and diligent in identifying and communicating scope, design, development issues and recommending potential solutions.
6.       Participates in report design reviews.
7.       Conducts unit tests and code reviews.
8.       Participates in system, integration and performance test; identifies and remedies solution defects.
9.       Creates other technical deliverable artifacts needed for project implementation.
10.   Help in knowledge transfer to the client.
 

 Must have experience on the following:
·         Healthcare experience required with PBM experience  
·         4 year College Degree - a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (Math, Computer Science, or MIS is preferred)
·         5+ years of experience SAS toolset.  Experience with both SAS Base and SAS EG a plus
·          2-3 Years of experience in designing and implementing reports, scorecards and dashboards using BI tools like Business Objects, Cognos, Microstrategy or QlikView 
·         Understanding of Enterprise Data warehouse data models and dimensional modeling concepts, universe design for canned and ad-hoc reporting  and Business Intelligence architecture
·         Experience in developing Business Intelligence solution on databases like DB2, Oracle, Teradata, Microsoft SQL Server with good SQL programming skills and understanding of performance tuning used in data management systems
·         Development experience of advanced reports, and ability to write supplemental code (SQL) or SAS to create customized reports.
·         Configuration Management with tools like Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Subversion
 
OptumInsight 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.

OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights - processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation Performance.

What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.

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.

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