Data Analytics - Software and Systems Defects

Contechs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Contechs is seeking a Data Analytics professional focused on software and systems defects to ensure data integrity and actionable insights for decision makers. You will bridge engineering, testing, and development by analyzing complex datasets and preparing reliable data in JIRA/X-Ray and Tableau for management review.

The role focuses on improving data quality, visualisation, and reporting through close collaboration with engineering teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• This role requires analysing datasets to support engineering and quality teams.
• Must ensure data is consistent, clean and fit for reporting.
• Ability to produce clear insights for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Analyse datasets to support engineering and quality teams.
• Resolve tooling issues and prepare high-quality data for decision-making.
• Identify patterns, anomalies and insights to inform decisions.
• Interpret data to communicate key messages to stakeholders.
• Coach users on testing tooling, data consistency and cleanliness.

Skills

Data-driven insights

Senior management reporting

Stakeholder communication

Data interpretation

Data quality

Coaching others on tooling

Testing tooling practices

Tools

JIRA

Tableau

Job description

Order Ref: 37194240

Position Title: Data Analytics - Software and Systems Defects

Duration: Contract

Location: Gaydon

Duties

This role (data analytics - Software and Systems testing) is focused on ensuring the integrity, consistency, and usability of software and systems testing data across all domains created in JIRA/X-Ray and visualised in Tableau. This role bridges the gap between engineering, testing, and development teams by analysing the complex datasets, resolving tooling issues, and preparing high-quality data for decision‑making and reporting. Identify patterns, anomalies, and insights to support engineering and quality teams.

Skills

• Ability to support project planning with data-driven insights.
• Ability to create transparent weekly Senior Management Reporting.
• Ability to interact with key engineering stakeholders to ensure metrics are aligned and correct.
• Ability to interpret the data to determine the key messages that should be shared.
• Ability to ensure data integrity is maintained, by monitoring tickets for common errors.
• Ability to coach other users with the best practice on testing tooling, data consistency and cleanliness.
• Understanding of JIRA and Tableau would be desirable, but not essential.

Why work through Contechs?

Contechs is a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology and Innovation Recruitment Consultancy. Founded in 1997, with an inhouse Contractor Care Team to support all external employees, acts as an employment agency for permanent and contract recruitment.