SENIOR ANALYST - DATA ANALYTICS

Gulf Air Group; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 14,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Gulf Air Group is seeking a Senior Analyst - Data Analytics to transform complex data into actionable insights and to support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

You will design, develop, and maintain data models, analytics solutions, dashboards, and reporting frameworks while ensuring data quality, governance, and accessibility. Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to deliver scalable analytical solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field
• At least 2 years in data analytics
• Experience designing data models and dashboards

Responsibilities

• Conduct data analysis to identify trends, patterns and correlations.
• Gather business and technical requirements for data, application, API and ML solutions; translate into designs.
• Design, build, and maintain ingestion pipelines for databases, files, APIs and event streams.
• Develop warehouse and lakehouse data layers preserving source history and publishing trusted datasets.
• Define data models, business keys, transformations and historical data rules.
• Implement data quality checks, reconciliation, monitoring and alerts.
• Optimize data pipelines, storage, queries for performance, reliability and cost.
• Prepare and maintain datasets for dashboards, applications, APIs and ML use cases.
• Work with teams to prepare training and inference data and monitor ML outputs.
• Design, develop and maintain web apps, backend services and secure REST APIs using .NET.
• Build interfaces between internal apps and data platforms with proper security.
• Develop automated tests and participate in code reviews and deployments.
• Document data flows, interfaces, code, data definitions and procedures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate delivered data and gain sign-off

Skills

Data analysis

Requirements gathering

Data modeling

Dashboard development

Data quality monitoring

REST API development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Data Engineering / Information Technology or related field

Tools

.NET

Job description

GF2127 - SENIOR ANALYST - DATA ANALYTICS

Company

Gulf Air Group

Division

Information Technology

Location

Department

Information Technology

Closing Date

11-Oct-2026

JOB PURPOSE

The Senior Analyst - Data Analytics is responsible for transforming complex data into actionable insights that support data-driven decision-making across the organization. The role designs, develops, and maintains data models, analytics solutions, dashboards, and reporting frameworks while ensuring data quality, governance, and accessibility. The incumbent collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to deliver analytical solutions that improve operational performance and support strategic objectives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Conduct data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and correlations.

Gather business and technical requirements for data, application, API, and machine learning solutions; translate them into designs and delivery plans.

Design, build, and maintain ingestion pipelines for databases, files, APIs, and event streams, including scheduling, error handling, and recovery.

Develop warehouse and lakehouse data layers that preserve source history, standardize business entities, and publish trusted datasets for consumption.

Define data models, business keys, transformations, and historical data rules to integrate information across source systems.

Implement data quality checks, reconciliation, monitoring, and alerts for incomplete, delayed, duplicated, or inaccurate data.

Optimize data pipelines, storage, and queries for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost; investigate and resolve production issues.

Prepare and maintain datasets for dashboards, applications, APIs, advanced analytics, and machine learning use cases.

Work with relevant teams to prepare training and inference data, integrate approved ML models into applications or pipelines, and monitor their outputs and performance.

Design, develop, and maintain web applications, backend services, and secure REST APIs using .NET and other approved technologies.

Build interfaces between internal applications, third-party systems, and data platforms with appropriate authentication, authorization, logging, and error handling.

Develop automated unit, integration, and data validation tests; participate in code reviews and follow release and deployment processes.

Document data flows, interfaces, code, data definitions, operational procedures, and known limitations to support maintainability.

Work with business users and source system owners to validate delivered data and functionality and support user acceptance and sign-off.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

Proven experience of at least 2 years in data analytics or a related field