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Rajini Chettipally

Summary

Accomplished Director of Data Engineering with extensive experience at Optum, specializing in cloud migrations and data system modernization. Demonstrated expertise in Azure and AWS has led to a significant reduction in implementation timelines, resulting in substantial cost savings. Recognized for fostering team innovation and strategic problem-solving skills, driving operational efficiency and data excellence. Aiming to leverage these competencies to further enhance data-driven solutions within a forward-thinking organization.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Data Engineering

Enterprise Clinical Data Platform HEDIS
02.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for HEDIS cloud Migration and system modernization for all the UHC Administrative and Clinical data for Employer and Individual, Medicaid and Medicare Lines of Business
  • Responsible for sourcing, analysis and mapping of the Data into Enterprise Specification that creates data sets used for HEDIS Measure calculations
  • Audit and compliance……
  • Data provisioning from FHIR based Clinical Data repository for HEDIS and STARs Measures
  • Define and manage standards, guidelines, and processes to ensure data quality
  • Ensure solutions comply with data privacy, legal, security, and regulatory requirements
  • Be a technical reference, provide direction and help team to make critical technology decisions
  • Establish and drive the strategic direction for end-to-end solution alignment incorporating quality, reliability, and scalability
  • Lead the Architecture, design and development of Production ready solutions, ensuring robust, scalable and cloud based secure enterprise design patterns
  • Build manages mentor team, set performance goals to drive innovation and learning
  • Led initiatives around migrating legacy systems into cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
  • Defined product and file structure, establishing model libraries and preferences to improve dissemination of material.
  • Provided mentorship and training opportunities for junior members of the Data Engineering team on topics ranging from coding techniques to system administration skills.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define, design, build, deploy and maintain data pipelines to support business operations.
  • Provided guidance on best practices for using tools like Snowflake,Snowpark.
  • Oversaw the development of ETL processes to extract, transform and load structured and unstructured data into a central database repository.
  • Developed and managed enterprise-wide data analytics environments.
  • Made hardware, software and data storage improvements and evaluated system performance using Snowflake scalable compute and Warehouse.
  • Developed and implemented data engineering strategies to ensure enterprise-wide compliance with data governance policies.
  • Established standards for data quality control by creating automated rules to validate incoming source files against defined criteria.
  • Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
  • Utilized advanced technical skills and expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and implement solutions.
  • Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, resolving issues efficiently and effectively.
  • Approached customers and engaged in conversation through use of effective interpersonal and people skills.
  • Performed root cause analysis on complex technical issues impacting the performance of applications or databases used in the organization's data engineering environment.
  • Developed custom scripts using languages such as Python or R for automating manual processes related to managing large datasets.
  • Optimized existing infrastructure components through capacity planning exercises to improve scalability and reduce costs associated with maintaining them.

Director of Data Engineering

Optum Care Technology
06.2020 - 02.2023
  • CareData Platform is a Microsoft Azure commercial cloud-based data platform
  • We are building the technology and data platform to enable Optum Care to pursue complementary strategies of developing local market focused value-based care arrangements and driving the quadruple aim at a national level
  • The CareData Platform will enable CDOs to easily manage their own data while also providing a mechanism to allow for enterprise-wide aggregation and normalization of data
  • Administrative Data: Implemented ‘Orange ‘Path data Pipelines for the Risk Based Entity Market Delivery of the Administrative data in Azure cloud using Databricks and Snowflake technologies
  • Downstream use cases include utilization management, closing Gaps in care and Improved patient outcomes
  • Reduced the number of Implementation days from 3 months to 2 weeks resulting in savings of millions of dollars in labor and Implementation costs
  • Clinical Data: Developed Optum care’s Enterprise Clinical Data Hub (ECDH), modernized, cloud-based enabling near real-time persistence and consumption of Enterprise clinical data (ADT, CCDS, ORU, flat files, RSPs for immunizations, device data) in the common Enterprise standard format to support analytical and transactional business needs
  • With the goal of enhancing the quality, completeness, and timeliness of all Enterprise clinical data, ECDH aims to enable Enterprise-wide use of clinical data – acquire once, use everywhere

Director, Enterprise Data Acquisition

Optum 360
02.2020 - 06.2020
  • Provide a strategy for the Enterprise Data Acquisition team in Creating Batch Data Platform Architecture in Azure
  • Create Product Roadmap for Lift and Shift /Modernization Efforts for On prem Solutions
  • Establish relationships and collaborate with Optum Tech, Microsoft and other cross-functional teams (RCG, ODX, O360 Product Team) to design future state with EDA team
  • Ensure successful Enterprise Information Security Architectural review of the Batch Data platform future architecture
  • Research ingestion technologies and approaches for presenting key business insights
  • Work with Healthcare cloud Intake and other cross functional teams to procure Azure Account for the Team
  • Define and lead the realization of the data strategy roadmap for the o360 Batch Data Platform
  • Collaborate with customer teams to formulate the problem, recommend a solution approach and design a data architecture
  • Act as a Program Manager /Architecture Oversight to the Cloud Migration Effort

Director, Data Engineering

Optum 360
03.2018 - 02.2020
  • Life Cycle Analytics (LCA) Project Overview: LCA Platform project would help in reducing the overall Operation cost of 5 Million Over the next few years
  • The Patient Account touch analysis will help identify the multiple touch points an account has to go through before being paid or Denied
  • Use Cases: Patient Account Touch Analysis: First Pass Resolution Rate – Payer, First Pass Touch Analysis – Payer, Cost to Collect Touch Analysis – By User, Cost to Collect Touch Analysis – By System
  • Financial Forecasting: Enhanced Revenue Cycle Forecasting for O360 Business Unit
  • Learning Performance Solutions: Quality Assessments: Insure Operations following process and use data to improve /train Ops teams
  • E2E SLA :Drive cash improvements and Meet E2E Client SLA’s( ex :Dignity/Excela )
  • BI Self Service Portal overview: Self Service Dashboard Reporting Portal for End to End Hospital service SLA reporting

Director Data Analysis

Optum Tech –Shared Services
05.2015 - 03.2018
  • As part of the Shared services provided guidance on engineering practices, governance and standards
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary diverse global database team within Optum shared services organization serving the OptumInsight Business
  • Technologies in use by the team include Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL, MongoDB
  • Managed Work across Multiple Data Centers( Optum Datacenter/Tampa DC and Franklin DC)
  • Managed both Production and Business Warehouse Server Development and Administration
  • Problem solver and help to deliver timely complex initiatives and projects
  • Support Data Domain, platform maturity, ideation and automation
  • Demonstrated ability leading projects, managing timelines, and partnering with other Optum Tech teams
  • Demonstrated experience growing and mentoring people / track record of same

Manager, Data Base Analysis

Optum Tech Shared Services
05.2012 - 05.2015
  • Managed team of DBA’s supporting the OptumInsight Payment Integrity Business
  • Managed the Database Administration team supporting for well over 20 SQL Servers
  • Provided guidance on engineering practices, governance and standards
  • Technologies in use by the team include Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL, MongoDB
  • Problem solver and help to deliver timely complex initiatives and projects
  • Demonstrated ability leading projects, managing to timelines, and partnering with other teams

DBA /Tech Lead

Optum Tech Shared Services
Franklin, TN
10.2008 - 05.2012
  • Delivered effective solutions through comprehensive problem analysis.
  • Managed report creation and upkeep with SQL Server Reporting Services.
  • Streamlined queries, cubes, and reports to maximize performance.
  • Developed sophisticated business rule applications.
  • Ensured the correctness of solutions through a thorough analysis of datasets.
  • Oversaw database performance to ensure consistent operation.
  • Manage and run SQL Server development and production environments.
  • Managed complete process of tech support and achieved timely resolutions.
  • Proficient in comprehensive development of database components with T-SQL.
  • Expertise in database optimization using profilers, query analyzers and query plans experience
  • Optimized performance results for both databases and applications.
  • Executed advanced configuration for distributed systems to optimize performance.

Consultant

Med Solutions
Franklin, TN
05.2007 - 01.2008
  • Instituted comprehensive SQL standards, enhancing Claims Database Production and Data Warehousing.
  • Coordinated efforts of customers, project managers, and developers for optimal database design.
  • Integrated advanced SQL processes to create logical structures across various physical systems for client use.
  • Conducted deployments of production packages outside regular hours while providing after-hours support.

Consultant

International Paper
Memphis, TN
08.2004 - 01.2007
  • Manage SQL Serve/Oracle databases across 15 Manufacturing Plants
  • Configure and maintain database servers and processes
  • Monitor DB Servers system's health and performance
  • Ensure high levels of performance, availability, sustainability and security
  • Analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time
  • Provide Application Support to the Front End Manufacturing Products

Consultant

Computer Associates
Long Island, NY
01.2000 - 05.2004
  • CA’s Backup and Recovery Tool (ArcServe)
  • CA Unicenter Product (End-to-End Enterprise and System Management for various networking devices, including switches and routers).

Education

MBA - Management Information Systems

Dowling College
Long Island, NY
01.2002

Bachelors - Computer Science

Molloy College
Long Island, NY
01.1999

Skills

  • Scala
  • Spark- SQL
  • Python
  • Oozie
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • PL/SQL
  • Spark SQL
  • Snowflake
  • SQL Server
  • snowpark
  • Oracle
  • NAS
  • SAN
  • NetApp

Jenkins

  • GHEC
  • SVN
  • Grafana
  • Splunk
  • Aha!
  • Rally
  • JIRA
  • SSRS/SSIS
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • DOMO
  • HL7
  • FHIR V4
  • ADT
  • ORU
  • SIU
  • DataStage
  • Apache Kafka
  • ADF
  • ETL development
  • Data warehousing
  • Software engineering

Leadership And Other Education

  • Emerging Leader Program, Wharton Business School
  • Optum Data Science University - Leadership Program, University of Minnesota
  • Women in Technology Member, Nashville Chapter
  • Optum Ideation Team
  • Mentored Students of Lipscomb University, Nashville
  • Azure Design and Architecture

Timeline

Director of Data Engineering

Enterprise Clinical Data Platform HEDIS
02.2023 - Current

Director of Data Engineering

Optum Care Technology
06.2020 - 02.2023

Director, Enterprise Data Acquisition

Optum 360
02.2020 - 06.2020

Director, Data Engineering

Optum 360
03.2018 - 02.2020

Director Data Analysis

Optum Tech –Shared Services
05.2015 - 03.2018

Manager, Data Base Analysis

Optum Tech Shared Services
05.2012 - 05.2015

DBA /Tech Lead

Optum Tech Shared Services
10.2008 - 05.2012

Consultant

Med Solutions
05.2007 - 01.2008

Consultant

International Paper
08.2004 - 01.2007

Consultant

Computer Associates
01.2000 - 05.2004

MBA - Management Information Systems

Dowling College

Bachelors - Computer Science

Molloy College

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