Student - IT Functional Analyst with Python Prototyping (Risk IT) (f/m/d)

Area of work:

Risk IT is part of the Risk Product of Deutsche Börse Group IT and mainly serves the Risk Management department of Eurex Clearing AG. We are at the heart of the Deutsche Börse Group market infrastructure offering and of utmost importance for the stability of the global financial market. We are challenged every day to meet latest regulatory standards, evolve our products and provide operational stability.

We are looking for a highly motivated and dedicated student interested in IT functional analysis with background in Python prototyping to join our R7 project in Prague.

R7 is multi-year project aiming to build a new market risk management platform for Eurex Clearing, capable of performing complex backend calculations and analytics on large data sets in cloud native microservice architecture. Based on a portable, modern microservice architecture.

The team, the student will be a part of, will focus on reviewing of new business requirements, IT analysis specification based on them, mapping requirements and system specifications and support development, test, and maintenance teams. 

Your responsibilities:  

• Understanding of business concepts and requirements and translating them into clear system specifications for our new risk system
• Prepare Python prototypes implementing mathematical grounds of business requirements and generate output graphs and tables explaining the matter to IT developers
• Provide advice on expected functionality to the developer teams 
• Work under guidance of senior colleagues, clearly communicate, challenge and be challenged about proposed solutions 

Your profile:  

• Interest in IT business and functional analysis 
• Solid knowledge in Python 
• Analytical and logical thinking to find best fitting long-term solutions 
• Working proficiency and communication skills in English 
• A degree (bachelor) in a technical / quantitative subject (Computer Science, Math / Physics, Engineering…) + active enrollment at a masters program of such major subject

Nice to have:  

• Awareness of IT architecture, data modeling, cloud technologies 
• Knowledge of financial markets (bonds, equities, interest rate swaps, futures, options)  
• Knowledge of no-SQL database technologies 
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence