Junior Analyst

The platform comprises multiple different technology stacks, developing pipelines and applications on

requires: 

 Coding & scripting proficiency in languages such as Python, C++ or Java & API integration

 SQL knowledge in handling volumes of data and performance tuning

 Nice to have understanding of webservices

 Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and basic design/visual competency

 Familiarity with common databases (e.g. JDBC, mySQL, Microsoft SQL). Not all types required

 Familiarity with any cloud infrastructure/tools with respect to data engineering

 Familiarity with Machine Learning & Gen AI is a plus

 Strong communication skills

This position will be project based and may work across multiple smaller projects or a single large

project utilizing an agile project methodology.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

 Participate in end-to-end project lifecycle, from requirements analysis to go-live and operations

of an application

 Acts as business analyst for developing requirements for pipelines

 Review code developed by other data engineers and check against platform-specific standards,

cross-cutting concerns, coding and configuration standards and functional specification of the

pipeline

 Document technical work in a professional and transparent way. Create high quality technical

documentation.

 Work out the best possible balance between technical feasibility and business requirements (the

latter can be quite strict)

 Deploy applications on platform infrastructure with clearly defined checks

 Implementation of changes and bug fixes via Merck's change management framework and

according to system engineering practices (additional training will be provided)

 DevOps project setup following Agile principles (e.g. Scrum)

 Besides working on projects, act as third level support for critical applications; analyze and

resolve complex incidents/problems. Debug problems across a full stack and code based on

Python, Pyspark, and Java

 Work closely with business users, data scientists/analysts to design dashboards