Database / Data Warehouse Engineer 80-100% (m/f)

11 May 2026
80 – 100%
Temporary
German (Intermediate), English (Intermediate)
8008 Zürich

About the job

Fixed-term for 1 year with option for extension

Employer: Children’s Hospital Zurich

The Children’s Hospital Zurich, with around 3,000 employees, is the largest university children’s hospital in Switzerland and one of the leading centres for paediatrics and adolescent medicine in Europe. The greatest asset of the "Kispi" are the little ones: up to 100,000 patients are cared for annually, and in 47 specialist departments we do everything for their well-being. Not only are the most modern devices and the highest quality in treatment paramount at Kispi, but also a good sense for interpersonal matters. In addition to the entire spectrum of paediatric and paediatric surgical medicine, the Children’s Hospital also offers a unique rehabilitation centre and a research centre.

Your Tasks

Your focus is on the technical design and performance tuning of our DWH. You analyse and optimise our existing data pipelines based on MSSQL.
You are responsible for the operation and monitoring of data flows as well as the expansion of monitoring capabilities (peak loads, data access, permissions, etc.) and maintain the technical documentation.
Your duties include connecting source data and optimising ETL processes.
You enable data usage by connecting and providing APIs.
Additionally, you take on the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps processes, and data-based tests to ensure data quality.
Evaluating and introducing data protection-compliant tools, including AI-supported ones, for building, optimising, and monitoring the DWH also belong to your responsibilities.

Your Profile

Completed higher education in computer science, medical informatics, data science, or related fields
Several years of experience with MSSQL Server focusing on performance tuning (Query Optimizer, Resource Governor, index strategies including columnstore, snapshot isolation, etc.) with very good knowledge of SQL/T-SQL
Knowledge in building and operating a data warehouse as well as knowledge of Python, Power BI, PowerShell, dbt, Docker, REST APIs, and event streaming solutions is an advantage
Knowledge of clinical and administrative hospital processes and data is an advantage
High motivation and flexibility for working in a multidisciplinary environment
Goal-oriented, independent, and reliable working style with a high awareness of quality
Good communication skills in German and English

Beat Bangerter
Head of Data Intelligence
+41 44 249 25 28

Children’s Hospital Zurich
Lenggstrasse 30
8008 Zurich

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IT / Telecommunications, Database specialist / Architecture