Systems Engineer - Investment Risk

State of Wisconsin Investment Board • Madison, WI

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Risk Business Systems Engineer is responsible for supporting SWIB departments that utilize risk systems, such as FactSet, BlackRock Aladdin, MSCI Risk Manager, and Bloomberg PORT. This role will work closely with internal stakeholders and vendors to coordinate solutions that leverage the system capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Economics, or Finance.
• 3-5 years of experience in application development, systems engineering, or business systems support.
• Good understanding of risk data and risk workflow processes, including data loading, security modeling, and account and composite set-up.
• Ability to document and communicate complex technical knowledge effectively.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technology specifications and design systems to meet the needs of the business.
• Demonstrated ability to work under minimal direction and lead projects that implement change.
• Familiarity with system integration methods, such as APIs, ETL tools, and middleware.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with investment analytics platforms, including FactSet, MSCI Risk Manager, BlackRock Aladdin, or Bloomberg PORT.
• Experience with SQL, Python, or other languages preferred.
• Understanding of ITIL practices or business process modeling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business users to review, prioritize, and manage open work items and enhancement requests, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational urgency.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications and integrations that meet business needs.
• Collaborate with business users to collect and analyze requirements, translating them into functional specifications.
• Lead the maintenance and upgrades for the risk systems and the related interfaces, such as imports from SWIB’s IBOR and exports to SWIB’s reporting data warehouse.
• Support risk systems by troubleshooting production errors, communicating status updates to users, and submitting fixes to prevent future issues.
• Develop and execute test plans to ensure solutions meet functional and technical requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Educational and training opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Challenging work in a professional environment
• Hybrid work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees