Data Analyst

Summary: The Data Analyst role is a contract position based in London, Leeds, or Edinburgh, requiring a minimum of three days in the office and occasional travel to London for workshops. The role focuses on data modeling, governance, and stakeholder engagement, with a strong emphasis on communication skills and technical proficiency in modern data tools. Candidates should have experience in defining data use cases and maintaining data dictionaries, along with a solid understanding of data architecture best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proficiency in data modeling techniques (3NF star/snowflake, Data Vault 2.0) using modern tools (erwin, PowerDesigner, Sparx EA) and version control.
• Creating and maintaining data dictionaries, taxonomies, and reference/master data with governance for ongoing maintenance.
• Working with internal customers to define data-relevant use cases and success criteria.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills to interact with technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Skills:

• Exposure to relational and non-relational data stores; data warehouse/lakehouse concepts; ETL/ELT patterns and tools.
• Experience in business analysis and requirement elicitation for data-centric changes; translating business needs into data models.
• Experience with documenting/implementing data lineage and impact analysis.
• Knowledge of data architecture best practices.
• Proven ability to document the current-state ("as-is") and define the future state ("to-be") processes and perform gap analysis.
• Exposure to data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA DMBOK) and practical rules (e.g., data quality rules).
• Familiarity with privacy/security-by-design concepts (handling PII, data minimisation, RBAC).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT