Senior Data Engineer
Optum/UHG · Plymouth, Minnesota, United States · US
Software Engineering
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Pharmacist
Demand78
Career growth72
Healthcare fit18
Remote potential85
5-year outlook
The posted range is strong for experienced data/security engineers, and cloud plus SIEM/log pipeline skills should remain marketable. Clinicians without engineering experience should not expect this salary band without substantial technical upskilling.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
mid
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-10-20
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- Pharmacist
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Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering only if you already have hands-on data engineering, security logging, cloud, and SIEM experience. It is not a practical first non-clinical move for most clinicians.
Who should apply
Clinician-engineers or healthcare graduates with CS/IT/engineering backgrounds and experience in Kafka, LogStash, Splunk, Linux, and cloud platforms; data engineers already working in healthcare or security infrastructure.
CV angle
Frame real experience with data pipelines, log collection, cloud infrastructure, Linux administration, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and security/compliance workflows. If you have healthcare data exposure, emphasize privacy, reliability, and regulated-environment experience without overstating clinical or engineering scope.
Skills to highlight
- LogStash
- Kafka
- Splunk
- AWS
- Linux/RHEL
- Go Lang
- Terraform
- Pipeline monitoring and incident response
Role summary
A security-focused data engineering role at Optum/UHG building and supporting log collection pipelines for SIEM and long-term storage across on-prem and cloud environments.
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