Data Analyst

As a Data Analyst, you will play a key role in our organisation's deployment of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. The role combines technical delivery, data modelling, and reporting expertise with leadership and mentoring responsibilities. Day-to-day, you'll help shape our modern analytics platform, deliver high-quality insights, and support the development of other analysts within the team and across the business. You will be working across the full data lifecycle-from ingestion and modelling in Fabric to building impactful dashboards in Power BI.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports aligned with business requirements
• Building and optimising semantic models using best practices including star schema and DAX optimisation
• Developing and managing data pipelines within Microsoft Fabric using Dataflows Gen2, Lakehouse and Warehouse
• Translating stakeholder requirements into scalable data solutions while communicating insights to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ensuring data accuracy, integrity and performance while contributing to Fabric platform architecture, governance and reusable standards
• Providing expert advice, coaching and mentoring while identifying opportunities to improve performance, usability, scalability and adoption of best practices Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities with the ability to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights
• Extensive recent experience with Power BI including report design, DAX and data modelling
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or related Azure data services including Synapse and Data Factory
• Proficiency in SQL, data transformation techniques and designing dimensional data models
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, lakehouse concepts, version control and deployment practices
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to balance hands-on delivery, guidance and leadership responsibilities, A university degree (or equivalent) or evidence of recent highly relevant experience in a similar role

We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we're not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Data Analyst at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.,

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Why Join QinetiQ? As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there's never been a more exciting time to join Qineti

Q. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges. As a QinetiQ employee, you'll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and…