Senior Analytics Engineer

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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

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