Team Leader Data Engineering

Zürich, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100% Your contribution <br /> • Ensure personnel, technical, and financial team leadership • Operate, further develop, and participate in on-call service for data platforms • Develop and administer typical components such as databases, ETL tools, query engines, API gateways, and backend applications on-premises and in the cloud • Responsible for requirements analysis, specification, modeling, system design, development, testing, integration of workflows, interfaces, and services on Linux/Unix/Windows in the backend area • Develop solutions for meteorology and climatology for the integration, transformation, and provision of data according to international standards (e.g., notification and warning systems in air traffic) • Develop APIs and gateways, take over and modernize existing applications and systems <br /> What makes you unique <br /> • Master's in Computer Science or Business Informatics as well as several years of experience with data management systems in the cloud (AWS) and in the own data center (Unix/Linux) • Confident handling of data pipelines and ETL products such as Pentaho, FME, with database products such as PostgreSQL, Oracle • Scripting or programming skills with AI support desirable (e.g.: Python, Java, PL/SQL, ksh, C, R) • Initial experience with technologies such as streaming (Kafka), Airflow, No-SQL, query engines, AI tools etc. is an advantage • Structured working according to ITIL processes with agile methods in operational operations • Very good German skills and knowledge of a second official language as well as English <br /> In a nutshell The spectrum of this demanding position extends from scientific topics through the operational operation of the existing DWH to the agile construction of new data platforms. The stable 24x7 availability of weather and climate data is the basis for sustainable services for the well-being and protection of the Swiss population. What we offer <br /> • Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the well-being of the population. • Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity we unfold our competencies and bring in different perspectives. • Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health. All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html) <br /> The Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSchweiz) is the national weather service of Switzerland. We record and forecast weather and climate in Switzerland and thus make a sustainable contribution to the well-being of the population and to the benefit of economy, science, and environment. The offices of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI) are systematically committed to good working conditions and the health of their employees and are awarded the Friendly Work Space label. Additional information Questions about the position Lars Koppa Head of IT Data Management +41 58 460 93 11 Questions about the application Annette Kleisun HR Business Partner +41 58 460 92 35