Senior Data Analytics Engineer - Investment Data Mastery

State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB); Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Competitive benefits package

Tuition reimbursement

Educational and training opportunities

Job summary

State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) in Madison is seeking a Senior Data Analytics Engineer to design and operate investment data solutions across security master, entity master, reference data, pricing, and holdings. The role blends analytics engineering with data governance and requires a strong command of SQL, Python, and CI/CD practices.

You will mentor colleagues, coordinate with Investment Management, Operations, Risk, and Technology, and collaborate with external data providers to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data analytics, data science, engineering, information systems, finance, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in analytics engineering, investment data management, data architecture, securities operations, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of security and entity mastering, investment reference data, pricing, and how these data affect downstream investment processes.
• Advanced SQL skills and working proficiency in Python.
• Hands-on Git experience, including branches, commits, pull requests, code reviews, and merge conflict resolution.
• Experience with agile methodolog y workflow tools (Jira).
• Experience using established CI/CD pipelines to test, promote, deploy, and validate changes.
• Experience implementing data-quality controls, reconciliations, exception workflows, root-cause analysis, lineage, and governance practices.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Microsoft Azure, or comparable technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead data mastering, pricing, and reference data initiatives.
• Trace data through ingestion, mastering, transformation, validation, and downstream consumption.
• Coordinate resolution across Investment Management, Operations, Risk, ETL Engineering, Technology, and external providers.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor engineers in investment data, security mastering, pricing, and governance practices.
• Lead complex initiatives translating business needs into data models and rules.
• Review designs, data models, SQL, Python, and documentation.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Git

CI/CD

Jira

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in data analytics, data science, engineering, information systems, finance, or a related field

Master’s degree in data science, statistics, financial mathematics, computer science, or another quantitative discipline

Tools

Snowflake

Microsoft Azure

Job description

State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) in Madison is seeking a Senior Data Analytics Engineer to design and operate investment data solutions across security master, entity master, reference data, pricing, and holdings. The role blends analytics engineering with data governance and requires a strong command of SQL, Python, and CI/CD practices.

You will mentor colleagues, coordinate with Investment Management, Operations, Risk, and Technology, and collaborate with external data providers to