Senior Analytics Engineer
7 days ago
London
Contract Role: Senior Analytics Engineer – Telecom | Central London (Hybrid) 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