Description
The Bank for International Settlements, BIS is looking for a Data and Analytics Engineer with big data, data analytics and software engineering backgrounds to help us build the next generation of our data and analytics systems.
The role is based in Basel, Switzerland; however, we can hire globally and welcome applications from candidates of all nationalities located anywhere in the world. Relocation support is available for the successful candidate and their dependent family members.
Purpose of the role:
The mission of the BIS is to support central banks' pursuit of monetary and financial stability through international cooperation, and to act as a bank for central banks. The Monetary and Economic Department IT team supports this mission by gathering and analysing a large array of data and statistics on global financial systems and micro-economic activity. From this, we generate a variety of insights that are used and relied upon by central banks, financial regulatory institutions, and academia around the world.
Our aim is to collect a wider variety of data and harness new technology to generate more powerful insights. This is a chance to be involved in a step change in our capability.
By joining the Monetary and Economic Department IT team, you will:
* Directly contribute to our mission as a part of a collaborative team solving a range of complex software and data challenges, including IT product and data management, advanced analytics, and business intelligence.
* Help us explore and exploit cutting-edge technologies, including big data platforms and machine learning.
* Collaborate with expert economists, technologists, data scientists and statisticians – and counterparts in other international organisations and central banks.
* Benefit from working in a unique, international environment that offers flexible, hybrid working options with a blend of onsite work from our central office location in Basel and home office.
Principal Accountabilities:
* Support the Monetary and Economic Department in the effective provisioning, development and use of business applications and contribute to defining and implementing the IT strategy and architecture for departmental statistical applications.
* Manage the Monetary and Economic Department's product portfolio and assume related procurement, contract, budget and reporting responsibilities.
* Provide IT / administrative support to Monetary and Economic Department users, customers, and steering committees.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:
* A graduate degree in computer science or another IT-related technical field or equivalent experience.
* Experience in managing IT products including budgeting, procurement, and contract management.
* Experience in supporting a large IT customer base (3rd level support), including excellent communication skills.
* Programming skills in languages like Python, C# .NET, Java.
* Experience in working with economic and financial statistics (using data science tools).
* Knowledge and experience working with SQL and various databases.
* Strong analytical skills and a passion for solving data challenges are required to be successful in this role.