Senior Data Analyst

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst

Job Type: Full time

Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery

Location: Rotherham, Manchester, or London

About Pearson

At Pearson we ‘add life to a lifetime of learning’ so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real‑life impact. Our Purpose | Add Life to a Lifetime of Learning. Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market.

Our 20,000+ employees are dedicated to creating the high‑quality, digital‑first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong learning.

About Pearson Assessment Services

The Pearson Assessment Services (PAS) team provides assessment services to the UK and international assessment markets, supporting government education departments with project management, operational delivery and technical solutions. We are part of Pearson School Qualifications which supports the curriculum, qualifications and assessments for students in the UK and globally, delivering exams to over million students in over 80 countries annually and operating as a centre of excellence in qualifications and assessment.

About

the Job

The position is for a Data Management & Analytics Analyst, who has experience working with large data focused projects, and whose responsibility is around the integrity and assurance of data through multiple pipelines, along with working towards better methods of exploiting this data in terms of analytics and reporting. As such there will be work involving data pipelines, transformation strategies, and helping to establish a more advanced data reporting platform.

Currently we are initiating a large new programme which will hold large amounts of data hosted in platforms such as MySQL that will have multiple inputs from external and internal sources.

This role involves working with business SME’s, product owners, architects, and developers, hence excellent communication and analysis skills are required.

There will also be attendance to various senior stakeholder meetings to explain project progress, design ideas and decisions etc, so good communication & planning skills are essential, with the ability to put things into non‑technical terms for the wider audience.

About You

This would suit someone with a background in complex data projects, cloud preferably, and who is looking to work on fast moving critical projects and contribute to design decisions. A proven track record in delivering projects and advanced data validation experience is an advantage.

Key Skills & Experience

• AWS Aurora, DMS, Glue, Lambda, Quicksight, S3
• AWS SNS QS pub / sub / queue concepts
• Jenkins erraform – Infrastructure as code
• JIRA – Kanban Boards, agile methodology
• MS SQL Server – Technical knowledge
• MySQL – Technical knowledge
• Oracle APEX – Technical knowledge
• Postgre
  
  SQL – Technical knowledge
• Python – Script writing

Other Skills

• Automated testing design and setup
• Business Intelligence – Design and best practice
• Change Data Capture understanding
• Data Warehousing concepts, design and loading strategies

Excellent Communication & Planning

CI / CD – Pipeline setup and repository (Bitbucket) knowledge Event driven architecture knowledge

SQL – Script design and writing to interrogate data

Teams and other Microsoft office apps

Experience with large-scale data environments

Experience with Integration / Ingestions of data

Excellent organisational skills, proactive, self‑starter with a curious approach to data and its value

Presenting to stakeholders both internal and external

Working with product management, product owners, data architects, business stakeholders

Desirable Skills & Experience

• JIRA & Confluence
• Teams and other Microsoft office apps
• Trello

Your benefits and rewards

• 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days)
• Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age
• Life, private medical and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests
• Stock / share purchase options
• Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working…