Associate AI/ ML Engineer

UnitedHealth Group • Eden Prairie, MN

130d • $58,800 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Enterprise Information Security (EIS) team is responsible for cybersecurity across our organization. We support our business and members by reducing risk, rapidly responding to threats, focusing on business resiliency and securing new acquisitions. The Associate AI/ML Engineer role is an exciting, dynamic role within the Enterprise Security and Resilience Office (ESRO) Cyber AI team. Our AI engineering team builds innovative solutions to improve UHG's cybersecurity stance. The data and systems we protect are distributed across the world, are a complex combination of technologies, and are always evolving. Cybersecurity data is collected in structured, unstructured, and semi-structured formats, at varying velocities, and in a complex, dynamic security environment. The ideal candidate has experience creatively navigating development, analytic, and engineering challenges within a large organization.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree
• 1+ years of experience developing and delivering statistical models, ML or AI solutions
• Experience with data engineering with an affinity for developing code from the command line
• Fluency in Python
• GenAI experience
• Experience with effective and efficient presentations to different level stakeholders with different backgrounds

Nice To Haves

• Proven problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated self-motivated learning capabilities
• Teamwork spirit through disciplined collaborations
• Experience in the cyber security domain
• Foundational knowledge in information technology, including hardware, networking, architecture, protocols, file systems and operating systems
• PySpark experience
• Petabyte-scale experience with Big Data and data science
• Experience working with Big Data systems
• SQL, H2O, Unix, SAS and R experience
• Azure Open AI Studio
• Databricks
• AWS Neptune
• Graph ML knowledge

Responsibilities

• Working with senior team members and internal customers to produce meaningful data science models, ML or AI solutions that impact cybersecurity
• Collecting, cleaning, processing, and analyzing data related to enterprise cybersecurity
• Developing ML/AI models within an operational CICD pipeline
• Working with source data teams to understand security and operational processes through data
• Remaining up to date and on the cutting edge of big data, data science, ML and AI technology
• Constantly learning and adapting to new techniques, languages, and technologies

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree