Senior Data Engineer

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy. 

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.   

What to expect:

• Design, develop, test, install and support programs/systems. Support projects proposals on the basis of cost/benefit justification interfacing with stakeholders across functional and geographical lines.

• Meet with customers to understand needs and requirements and make recommendations on best practice systems solutions for small to medium size/complexity/risk projects.

• Analyze detail systems factors: input/output requirements, information flow, hardware and software requirements, alternative approaches, etc.

• Validate alternative problem management proposals and make decisions on solutions.

• Provide technical assistance to other SWIFT colleagues and assist in resolving problems reported by less senior team members.

• Provide technical guidance to customers and act as mentor to less senior team members. May give presentations to management and customers.

• May prepare and complete systems documentation and operating procedures.

• May lead design review meetings for small to medium size/complexity/risk projects.

• May coordinate and monitor the activities, such as schedules and costs, of a small project team.

• Evaluate and recommend technical feasibility and estimates of the proposed systems solutions.

What will make you successful?

Qualifications:

• At least 5 to 10 + years of relevant experience in software development in an international setting. 

• Proven experience in Data engineering and Software development practices.   

Technical Skills Requirements:

• Must have:

  • Education and experience in programming languages and their design patterns (mainly Java, Python, Unix Shell scripting)

  • Understanding of containerization technologies like Openshift and Kubernetes

  • Experience with massive object storage services (Amazon S3 storage or equivalent) is a plus

  • Solid understanding of Data Engineering, data hub, data lake and data warehousing concepts

  • Experience in continuous integration/delivery build environment: GIT, Jenkins, Maven, Coverage and Static/Dynamic Code Analysis tools.

  • Experience with Agile Tools (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Github)

• Good to have:

  • Apache Data management tools (Spark, Kafka, NiFi, Airflow)

  • Red Hat Linux

  • Elasticsearch/Kibana and Oracle databases.

  • Helm Charts / Infrastructure-as-code / Terraform

  • Experience in handling PKI / TLS

Professional Skills Requirements:

• Creativity and innovation

• Adaptability and responsiveness to change

• Take accountability for delivering results

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral

• Time management, planning and organizing

• Ability to work well in both a team and individual environment

• Quality oriented

• Engaged and team oriented

• Open communication

• Has experience doing on-call support

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.