Data Analyst & Scientist at Swisscontact

Kenya
Full time
Any Experience
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Job Description

Swisscontact is an independent non-profit development organisation established in 1959 by representatives of the Swiss private sector and civil society. Our work focuses on private sector-led, sustainable economic development and improved quality of life for all in developing and emerging countries. A key focus is to strengthen the skills of individuals and foster the competitiveness of businesses.Data Analyst & ScientistTasks
  • End-to-End Data Products: Architect and build Fabric-native data solutions-OneLake-backed Lakehouses and Datamarts, medallion-layer models, and governed semantic models – for Finance, CRM, HRM, and M&E domains.
  • Analytics & BI: Design high-quality Power BI datasets and reports (DAX/Tabular) with row-level security, certified datasets, and metrics for executive and operational decision-making.
  • ML/AI Delivery: Develop, train, and deploy Python models (classification, regression, forecasting, NLP, recommender systems). Implement feature stores, model versioning, and automated retraining.
  • Pipelines & Orchestration: Build reliable ingestion and transformation with Fabric Data Factory/Synapse (Spark/SQL). Enforce CI/CD, testing, lineage, and monitoring.
  • Data Quality & Governance: Define data contracts, validation rules, and documentation; champion privacy, compliance, and responsible AI.
  • Collaboration & Enablement: Partner closely with Finance, Business Development, HR, and M&E teams to translate requirements into technical designs. Coach M&E colleagues, and data consumers across the organization; Promote best practices.
Requirements
  • Education: Bachelor's or higher in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience: 4-5+ years delivering analytics and ML solutions
  • Platform Expertise: The organisation is currently active in over 130 projects in 41 countries with around 1100 employees. It is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Microsoft Fabric: OneLake, Lakehouse (Delta), Data Engineering (Spark), Data Factory pipelines, Synapse SQL.
  • Power BI: Data modeling, DAX, performance optimization, governance (certified datasets, RLS).
  • Python for ML/AI: pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, PySpark; solid understanding of model design, evaluation, and MLOps.
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