Technical Data Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by Jobserve
£550 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester
Summary: The Technical Data Consultant role is a 3-month contract position focused on supporting a gambling and gaming organization through data discovery and documentation. The consultant will work in a hybrid model, primarily investigating and reverse-engineering existing data platforms to enhance clarity and stability. The position requires hands-on experience in complex data environments and aims to reduce reliance on individual knowledge. The consultant will collaborate closely with engineers to document critical data processes and architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigate and reverse-engineer live data platforms with limited documentation
- Build a clear picture of the current-state data architecture and data flows
- Review and document business-critical SQL and transformation logic
- Produce practical operational documentation and runbooks
- Work closely with long-tenured engineers to capture knowledge and reduce key-person risk
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in data discovery, platform recovery, or reverse-engineering work
- Background as a Data Consultant, Data Architect, or similar
- Solid knowledge of SQL/SQL Server and AWS-based data platforms
- Comfortable creating architecture diagrams, data definitions, and operational guides
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Technical Data Consultant - 3 Month Contract
Up to £550 P/D Outside IR35
Manchester - Hybrid (x2 days a week)
We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established gambling and gaming organisation seeking a Technical Data Consultant to support a focused discovery and documentation engagement.
This is a hands-on contract for someone who enjoys stepping into complex, legacy-leaning data environments and making them understandable, supportable, and less reliant on individual knowledge.
The roleYou'll be brought in to:
- Investigate and reverse-engineer live data platforms with limited documentation
- Build a clear picture of the current-state data architecture and data flows
- Review and document business-critical SQL and transformation logic
- Produce practical operational documentation and runbooks
- Work closely with long-tenured engineers to capture knowledge and reduce key-person risk
The focus is clarity, stability, and handover - not greenfield delivery or re-platforming.
What we're looking for- Strong experience in data discovery, platform recovery, or reverse-engineering work
- Background as a Data Consultant, Data Architect, or similar
- Solid knowledge of SQL/SQL Server and AWS-based data platforms
- Comfortable creating architecture diagrams, data definitions, and operational guides
Contract details
- Rate: Up to £550 per day
- Scope: Outside IR35
- Location: Central Manchester (2 days per week on-site)
- Duration: 3 months initially
This role will suit someone who enjoys problem-solving in ambiguous environments and leaving things in a better state than they found them.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.