Senior Data Modeler

  • Full-time

Company Description

SmartWave is an IT services company (60 consultants) based in Versoix (Geneva). We are software integrators and developers with a strong technical culture. We realize IT projects with major companies and organizations in French-speaking Switzerland and internationally.

SmartWave is working in the following areas:  

  • Content and process management: we integrate and customize platforms such as Bonitasoft, Opentext, Nuxeo, Kofax (dematerialization), Microsoft Sharepoint, among others. 
  • Identity management and application security: we carry out user identity management and authentication projects (Single Sign On, identity federation, security applications (API Gateway)) . We have partnerships with software providers such as AWS, ForgeRock, Microsoft, Axway, Oracle and Evidian.
  • Web application development: From the beginning, we have developed Java & J2EE expertise (back-end and front-end frameworks) to customize projects delivered on our areas of expertise and also to offer modernization of old but critical legacy applications. Moreover, we have been working on DevOps for the last three years with a significant growth and partnerships around solutions such as Docker, Kubernetes, XebiaLabs as well as AWS. 
  • Architecture and Integration in Service-Oriented Architecture: We have developed a significant Middleware expertise around ESB, SOA Suites, Gateway APIs with strong partnerships (Oracle, Axway, WSO2, MIRTH, Moskitos), and led many complex integrations around applications such as ERP / CRM / MES both on premise and in the cloud. To deliver value beyond the ability to properly transmit data from one environment to another, we have also considered quality of  data with the development of an expertise on Master Data Management (MDM) offer that we are expanding on the governance aspects and data virtualization. 

Through these expertises:

  • We serve large international clients: major private banks, luxury industry, international organizations, pharmaceutical industry in Geneva and up to Basel, some cantonal and federal administrations as well as large public organizations like hospitals.
  • We have developed a network of technology partners to integrate their solutions and  build our customers' systems (Amazon Web Services, Axway, Bonitasoft, Docker, ForgeRock, Mirth, Nuxeo, One Login, Opentext, Oracle, Xebialabs , WSO2 ...).

SmartWave is not an placement agency and we recruit employees with the aim of developing their technical expertise and their skills on several projects and in different customer contexts.

To know a little more about our activities, you can consult our web site: http://www.smartwavesa.com

Job Description

Senior Data Modeler Consultant with 9 years + of experience

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Perform business analysis to gather, discover, analyze and scope data requirements
  • Apply best practices to model data requirements using a data modeling solution
  • Communicate data models to stakeholders
  • Manage data requirements & models lifecycle

KEYWORDS

Data Modeling, Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Quality, SQL, UML, Normal forms

Qualifications

REQUIRED

  • Ability to solve complex data problems
  • Solid data modeling skills (e.g. Transactional, Snowflake, Data Vault)
  • Experience with market-leading data modeling solution(s) (e.g. Erwin)
  • Practical knowledge of SQL (e.g. Oracle PL/SQL) and relational databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
  • Experience in business analysis (e.g. IIBA BABOK)
  • Ability to write technical documentation in English
  • Autonomous and organized

PREFERRED

  • Expertise in one or more functional domains (e.g. Health science, Watchmaking industry)
  • Experience with BigData/NoSQL data modeling (e.g. MongoDb, Hadoop)
  • Knowledge of data management methodologies & processes (e.g. DAMA DMBOK, CMMI DMM)
  • Experience with metadata management and tools (e.g. Collibra)
  • Experience with data quality management and tools (e.g. Talend Data Quality)

Additional Information

  • The main place of work is Geneva with potential trips to French-speaking Switzerland
  • Be a national / resident of Switzerland or EU citizen or have a valid work permit in Switzerland
 

YOUR CAREER IN SMARTWAVE

Our employees’ willingness to deliver excellence is the key success factor of our delivery quality. To maintain this motivation, SmartWave has well-defined human capital management policies. Each employee has a personal follow-up with their direct manager and a member of the management team. Every year we hold an annual review and we define quantitative and qualitative objectives. This career building enables our employees to enjoy various projects and to learn new skills through specific training and experience sharing.

OUR HIRING POLICY

The quality of our employees is a critical success factor; we need people who are fully aligned with our values. To achieve this, SmartWave has implemented its own complete and rich recruitment process. Each candidate meets at least one executive, has a technical interview with their future team leader and takes technical tests. Finally, our peer-to-peer interview lets candidates meet SmartWave consultants to hear about day-to-day experiences. This process ensures that our employees are not only highly skilled but, above all, are aligned with our values.

PASSIONATE?

Ever since SmartWave was founded, technical excellence has been at the core of our DNA. This excellence is supported by passion. SmartWave cultivates and stimulates this passion by giving its employees the opportunity to take leadership with various technical initiatives. This is where we develop our innovative offers for our clients.

WANT TO SHARE?

When you are passionate, you want to share. To enable this passion and stimulate it, each team organises quarterly events where consultants share their knowledge, exchange ideas and present their finished projects.
Each year SmartWave launches a “Project of the Year” contest. Any consultant can put forward their project to win a prize. A team of independent judges evaluates each project’s merits in terms of business value, technical value and innovation.