Data Analyst Modeller

Data Analyst Modeller Rate: £500 per day
Status: Outside IR35
Contract: 6-12 months
Location: Stratford, London
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days per week on-site
Industry: Public Sector - International Education

Key Responsibilities.

• Develop and maintain logical data models across multiple products, platforms and business domains
• Create and maintain entity relationship diagrams to clearly define entities, attributes and relationships
• Analyse existing data sources across a complex, multi-system technology estate
• Map data between existing systems and target models
• Identify data quality issues, gaps, inconsistencies and conflicting definitions
• Use SQL to interrogate, profile and validate source data
• Understand how information flows between systems, applications and services
• Support the definition of API and event-based data contracts
• Define and document shared data concepts and common business terminology
• Work within existing organisational taxonomy, data standards and governance frameworks
• Collaborate with enterprise data specialists to ensure programme-level models align with wider organisational data strategy
• Support the definition and evolution of canonical or golden records where appropriate
• Work with product and engineering teams to understand locally owned data models and how they interact with the wider ecosystem
• Facilitate workshops with subject-matter experts and business stakeholders to establish common definitions
• Validate proposed data models with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Present models and recommendations through appropriate architecture and governance forums
• Maintain data models, mappings, glossaries and supporting documentation as requirements evolve

Essential Skills and Experience.

• Strong commercial experience in data analysis and logical data modelling
• Demonstrable experience developing conceptual and logical data models within complex, multi-system environments
• Strong experience creating entity relationship diagrams
• Strong SQL capability
• Experience with data profiling and data quality analysis
• Ability to identify entities, attributes, relationships and data boundaries across complex business domains
• Experience mapping source data to target models
• Understanding of APIs, system integration and data exchanged between applications
• Understanding of event-driven architectures and modern integration patterns
• Experience working with shared data definitions, business glossaries or taxonomies
• Experience with master data, canonical records or golden record concepts
• Experience using recognised data modelling tools
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills
• Proven ability to build consensus around definitions and data structures
• Ability to communicate complex data concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work effectively within an evolving transformation environment

Desirable Experience.

• Experience within SaaS or product-led technology environments
• Experience within education technology, digital learning, assessment or similar digital services
• Experience working across Azure and/or AWS environments
• Python experience
• Experience with graph or knowledge-graph modelling
• Understanding of international data residency requirements
• Exposure to AI-enabled products or technology environments

Candidate Profile

This opportunity is expected to suit a mid-to-senior-level data professional. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable working with data and people. Strong technical modelling capability is essential, but so is the ability to speak with subject-matter experts, understand real-world business concepts, challenge assumptions and gain agreement around proposed structures. Applicants must already have unrestricted right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this opportunity. *Rates depend on experience and client requirements

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