Job Description
Company Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our Security Analytics team, leading the development of data-driven intelligence across cloud and application environments.
This role combines hands-on advanced analytics with team coordination, ensuring that our Security Analytics team delivers actionable insights, predictive models, and operational intelligence to strengthen our cloud security posture.
You will work at the intersection of data science, cloud security, and risk management, transforming complex telemetry into actionable security insights.
Qualifications
Lead and coordinate the Security Analytics team, including project planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.
Perform data analysis and statistical modeling to uncover risks, anomalous patterns, and emerging threats.
Apply machine learning and AI techniques (e.g., anomaly detection, clustering, risk scoring) to enhance threat detection and security insights.
Develop d ashboards, reports, and metrics for monitoring cloud security, IAM activity, network events, and operational risks.
Aggregate and integrate data from multiple sources (logs, SIEM, cloud telemetry, vulnerability scans) for analysis.
Collaborate with Security Engineers and Cloud Specialists to ensure data availability and quality.
Identify trends, generate insights, and communicate findings to security, risk, and executive stakeholders.
Mentor and guide team members, establishing best practices in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Support security risk assessments and operational metrics tracking for cloud environments.
Contribute to the automation of analytics workflows for recurring reporting and operational dashboards.
Additional Information
We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.
In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.
We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.
Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.
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