Data Scientist

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and **your life's best work.(sm)
**Primary Responsibilities**:

- ML solutions development - Supervised and Unsupervised
- Adhoc analyses and deep dives
- Understand business requirements and convert into analytical solution
- Work in a stake holder engagement role and understand business processes
- Lead solution design, delivery & communication for an assigned business engagement
- Development of data science algorithms & generate actionable insights as per business needs
- Manage engagements across various teams throughout solution development lifecycle from design to implementation & monitoring
- Ensure appropriate documentation of work for production support and transition readiness
- 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

**Required Qualifications**:

- Experience of solving real world business problems leveraging data science tools
- Understanding & experience of Bigdata techniques such as HDFS, Hive, Spark, MAPRDB etc. is desirable
- Working experience & In-depth understanding of statistical techniques (like linear regression, logistic regression, time series analysis, clustering, outlier detection) & tree-based machine learning techniques
- Good experience with Feature creation & selection is mandatory
- Have sound knowledge of SQL, Python, Machine Learning & NLP
- Proficient in MS Office tools as Excel/PowerPoint/Access

**Careers with Optum. **Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.
- 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._