Analytics Engineer

Vivid Housing; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Bonus scheme

Pension 6% matched 7-10%

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Medicash

Enhanced parental leave

Counselling and legal support

Electric car scheme

Training & mentoring

Job summary

VIVID Housing is seeking an Analytics Engineer to design, build and maintain Power BI semantic models and reporting solutions that enable self-service analytics across the business.

You will work closely with Data Engineers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable insights, ensure data quality, and support data migration and validation activities. The role offers a mix of office and home working from the Basingstoke office.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing Power BI semantic models, reports and dashboards.
• Strong ability to gather requirements from business stakeholders and translate into analytical solutions.
• Experience with SQL; Python skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Power BI semantic models, datasets and reports.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and stakeholders to understand reporting needs.
• Contribute to data migration, validation and data quality initiatives.

Skills

Power BI

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Excel

Job description

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!

We’re looking for an Analytics Engineer to develop and maintain high-quality reporting, semantic models and analytical solutions that support business decision making across VIVID. Working closely with Data Engineers, stakeholders and decision-makers, you'll ensure our data is accessible, reliable and delivers meaningful business insight.

Contractually based out of our Basingstoke office, this is a full-time permanent role working 37 hours per week and allows for a mix of office and home working.

On top of a competitive salary, you will also benefit from:

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here’s the facts about the role:

The Analytics Engineer will primarily focus on Power BI development while working alongside Data Engineers to develop sustainable, analytics-ready data models, support data migration and validation activities, and contribute to improving data quality and consistency

You’ll design, build and maintain Power BI semantic models, datasets and reporting solutions that provide reliable, actionable insights to support business decision-making. Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, you’ll gather reporting requirements, translate business needs into analytical solutions, and communicate findings in a clear and meaningful way.

Using SQL extensively, and with opportunities to develop your Python skills, you’ll help create reusable data products that enable self-service reporting and analytics. You’ll also play a key role in driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, enhancing reporting processes, staying up to date with developments in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, and exploring emerging capabilities in AI and advanced analytics. Throughout your work, you’ll ensure compliance with relevant legal, regulatory and organisational requirements while helping to build a modern, scalable analytics environment.

To succeed in this role, you’ll have proven experience developing Power BI semantic models, reports and dashboards, as well as working closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective reporting solutions. We are seeking someone who can combine technical expertise with a strong understanding of business needs, ensuring data is accessible, reliable and delivers real value. Strong communication skills, a collaborative approach and a passion for continuous improvement will help you succeed in this role.

Interviews are due to take place WC 7 September (subject to change).