Data Analyst

QinetiQ Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Employee discounts

Armed Forces Covenant support

Job summary

QinetiQ Limited in Farnborough invites a Data Analyst to join our cutting-edge analytics team, deploying Microsoft Fabric and Power BI across the data lifecycle from ingestion to dashboards.

You will design semantic models, build data pipelines, mentor colleagues, and translate complex data into actionable insights while ensuring performance, governance, and scalable standards. The role is 37 hours per week at Farnborough with opportunities to contribute to high-impact projects.

Qualifications

• Recent Power BI experience with report design and data modelling.
• Experience with Fabric or related Azure data services.
• Strong SQL and data transformation skills.
• Understanding of data warehousing and lakehouse concepts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Leadership mentoring

Data interpretation

Education

University degree

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Synapse

Data Factory

SQL

DAX

Job description

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Package: £49,500 – £55,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role ID: SF20554

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.

The Role

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

Essential experience of the Data Analyst:

• 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

Essential qualifications for the Data Analyst:

• 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.

Farnborough

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 QinetiQ. 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 rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture . www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.