Data Analyst Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England
Job description
Data Analyst
Location: UK Wide
Do you have a background in Software Engineering with a keen eye for data? Do you want to join a team working on data driven change that will benefit the whole of Thales UK? Then apply today!
What the role has to offer:
- Work within a team pushing the boundaries to drive data driven change.
- Excellent learning and career prospects in a growing area for Thales UK.
- Genuine flexibility with hybrid working options and UK wide locations considered.
Our Opportunity
We are looking for a Data Analyst who wants to work as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team! You should be interested in collecting, translating and studying data to increase business insight within the UK Engineering function. In this role, you will with work with PowerBI gathering requirements for dashboard reports from a wide range of contributors. You will develop dashboards in order to create data visualisations and present the data back to audiences as required.
Day to day you will:
- Collect dashboard/report requirements from a wide range of stakeholders
- Develop dashboards/reports/data visualisations to enable data analysis.
- Creation/presentation of business gate packs for review by the digital ops council
- Manage, clean, abstract and aggregate data to be used by operations and the business’
- Manipulate and link data sets
- Summarise and present data and conclusions, tailoring to audience as necessary.
- Respond positively to problems in databases, processes, products and services.
- Champion Engineering discipline specific data products
- Champion best practice and standard ways of working including working with the digital ops team, UK Engineering Data Team and Specialist Engineering Team (self-service analysts).
About you
You will have a previous experience in a Data focused role ideally with a background in computer science or software. You should be self-motivated and able to manage your workload and meet your objectives whilst working autonomously. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels. An analytical mind-set and the ability to create stories with data will be key to your success in this role
Additional Security Information
Due to the sensitive nature of much of the work, all applicants must be eligible for UK MoD Security Clearance (SC level minimum).
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
Benefits at Thales
We strive to create an environment where you can prioritise your wellbeing and have designed our benefits to give you the flexibility and power to do so. Our core benefits include private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, an employee assistance programme as well as a pension plan.
Our flexible benefits platform gives you the power to customise your benefits to suit your needs. You can choose to add a number of optional benefits including: healthcare cash plan, health assessments, family cover private medical insurance, buying/selling annual leave, gym membership discounts + much, much more. You can also enjoy exclusive access to our discount site!
Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus, 27 days annual leave + 1 company day + UK public holidays as well as the opportunity to volunteer up to 3 days to support local charities/communities.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to our success.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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