Senior DataStage Administrator - Cypress, CA or Plymouth, MN

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.UnitedHealth Group IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers, and to benefit UnitedHealth Group employees across the enterprise.  Comprised of the Application Services Group, Enterprise Shared Services Group and the IT Business Services Group, UnitedHealth Group IT has over 7,000 internal and external resources across the globe, and offices in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin. UnitedHealth Group IT Enterprise Shared Services group is responsible for managing and optimizing enterprise data, voice, and video services for UnitedHealth Group and its companies.  Focused on providing a world-class mix of cost, quality, and service delivery, this area is committed to building a top-tier network team and driving continuous improvement in the standards for performance.  This area is also responsible for supporting IT across the enterprise for development frameworks, standard operating environments, quality improvements, and application operations.   Primary Responsibilities: Maintain the DataStage server processes. Create new projects and associated data directories on the DataStage Server Node. Manage space allocation and usage within the DataStage filesystems. Install DataStage executables on the DataStage server node. Tune the DataStage server processes. Ensure that the DataStage server is backed up appropriately, and that recovery of DataStage server data is possible. Identify, define, and establish technical environment requirements (e.g., access to hardware, file access approvals). Provide consultation on DataStage best practices to the project teams. Provide support including off-hour support on DataStage issues on the production environments. Work with other technical teams within the United Health Technologies group to set-up and configure the managed-services DataStage environments. Participate in the design and development of common jobs and utilities that will be rolled out to various project teams as part of the standard DataStage offering as well as the future "self-services" offering. Interact with the vendor technical support staff to resolve issues regarding the DataStage product suites.Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. 4 to 6 years related experience with Datastage including control and development of standards. Competent to work at highest level of all technical phases while working on own most of the time. Excellent analytical, consultative, communication skills, and report writing ability. Significant knowledge of DataStage Software Architecture and tools. Strong problem solving, analytical, and interpersonal skills. 2-3 years experience with DataStage Enterprise Edition (PX) required. MetaStage, ProfileStage QualityStage preferred.  Strong customer service orientation. Ability to work effectively on multiple tasks with competing priorities.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V