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# Data Engineer/ Test Automation

- **Company:** Unitedhealth Group Inc
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $91,700.0 - $163,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Github, Python (Programming Language), Standard Sql, Data Logging, Scripting, Azure Data Factory, Test Scripts, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b9d5015b-8d5e-43b6-99b1-c5d150081064

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience programming skills in Databricks/Python to automate tests
 * 3+ years of experience SQL skills for complex test scripting and data checks
 * 3+ years of experience with ETL orchestration tools like Azure Data Factory, Airflow
 * 3+ years of experience with standard data pipeline patters and comfortable reading ETL pipelines and determining which test to setup at each stage
 * 3+ years of experience testing pipelines, cover for edge cases, investigate issues and logging issues

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

## Description

* Create test scripts for ETL pipelines to verify source and target data matches in record count and content and metadata checks to verify schemas align
 * Schedule /automate test scripts by adding data tests to CI/CD tools using GitHub Actions
 * Develop suite of tests for features and releases to monitor speed and memory degradation as a result of changes

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.


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