Lead Data Analyst
A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the nature of the project it is also required you hold a British Citizenship or Dual Citizenship.
As a Lead Data Analyst working within our fast-paced client environments, you will lead the business, data and systems analysis activities for products and services, becoming a domain expert in your area. Working within Agile technical delivery teams, the role requires a combination of data analysis and technical analysis.
The role will involve:
Leading the data and systems analysis activities within the project, identifying the business and technical requirements and acceptance criteria
Conducting data analysis activities to identify detailed requirements including business transformation mappings
Creating technical User Stories, including task breakdown and be able to explain them to the technical delivery team
Working with the Solution Architect to develop and document detailed User Stories for the project backlog – you will need to validate that the solution will meet the end user requirements
Working with the data consumers and internal teams to create data specifications including detailed data definitions & mappings
Taking the lead on running workshops and data supplier engagement
Formalising the results of data and systems analysis into structured documentation and obtain approval from the key stakeholders
Forming strong business relationships with suppliers and consumers of data
Building out patterns and processes that can be repeated
Managing the project backlog in Jira
Being part of the technical Agile scrum team – actively contributing to other activities including testing and validation of the end results
Core Competencies
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater, ideally in Computer Science or a related field
The successful candidate will at least 5 years experience within a similar role - Technical Analyst or Data Analyst
Experience of working in an Agile delivery team
You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role:
Experience communicating to a varied range of stakeholders across both technology and the business, building strong relationships
Skilled in collecting and interpreting data, analysing results to identify patterns and trends in structured and unstructured data sets, RDBMS and Dimensional Data Models
Manipulation, analysis and interpretation of complex data sets using SQL and analytical functions
Experience of working with data orientated requirements, including a good understanding of data modelling, mapping and workflow
Able to apply suitable analytical approaches to requirements discovery, documentation and solution delivery
Experience running requirements workshops to elicit User Stories, Workflow Diagrams, etc
Previous experience working in a technical capacity, as either a Systems Analyst or an MI/BI background would be advantageous
Previous experience working within a data team on complex integration problems using public Cloud and messaging or streaming technology