Senior Analytics Engineer
Location: Central London — 2 days per week onsite
Contract: 6 months initially
Day Rate: £450–£550 (Inside IR35)
Start: ASAP
We’re hiring an Analytics Engineer to support a major telecom client. This role sits between data engineering and analytics, building clean, scalable data models that fuel reliable insights across commercial, finance, and planning teams.
What You’ll Do
* Build scalable data models (marts, business layers, OBTs) that act as a single source of truth.
* Lead end‑to‑end model development: requirements → build → testing → documentation → CI/CD deployment.
* Uphold high coding standards in SQL and dbt; review and maintain clean, well‑structured analytics code.
* Ensure data quality & PII protection using tests, validation, and secure handling practices.
* Troubleshoot data issues across source → transformation → BI layers, owning fixes end‑to‑end.
* Optimise & refactor existing models for performance and cost (BigQuery).
* Manage orchestration & environments, including dev/prod troubleshooting.
* Analyse new data sources and design models accordingly.
* Communicate clearly with stakeholders, explaining technical concepts in plain language.
* Own technical debt, documenting issues and advocating for resolution.
What You Bring
Essential
* Expert SQL and advanced query writing
* Strong data modelling (dimensional, marts)
* Hands‑on experience with GCP BigQuery
* Strong dbt Cloud/Core experience
* Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills
* Ability to trace lineage and diagnose issues independently
* Experience with CI/CD, branching, merging, conflict resolution
* Understanding of data quality frameworks & PII standards
* Clear communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Desirable
* Broader knowledge of modelling best practices
* Agile delivery experience
* Exposure to BI tools (Tableau etc.)
* Query performance tuning & cloud cost optimisation
* Strong ownership and independent working
* Mentoring or community contribution experience
If you have the required skills & experience, please apply promptly to be considered