Data & Analytics Technical Analyst

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Learning resources

Job summary

Public Services Delivery Scotland is recruiting a Technical Analyst within the Data & Analytics team to shape and deliver national data services for NHS Scotland. You will translate business needs into robust data specifications, support data pipelines and data warehouse design, and work with technical and delivery teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.

The role requires experience in business and technical analysis, data profiling, and data quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in business and technical analysis, including requirements elicitation, documentation, and validation.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear, accurate technical specifications.
• Experience working with large, complex datasets, including data profiling and data quality assessment.
• A strong understanding of data structures, data warehousing concepts, and backend data processes.
• Proven stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including explaining complex information clearly.
• Experience contributing across the full project lifecycle, working to plans, milestones, and delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into clear, accurate technical specifications.
• Document data requirements, data mappings, and transformation logic.
• Support development and validation of data pipelines and data warehouse solutions.
• Collaborate across the full delivery lifecycle using Agile and DevOps approaches.
• Engage with stakeholders and communicate clearly across teams.

Skills

Business analysis

Technical analysis

Requirements elicitation

Data profiling

Data quality assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Agile

DevOps

SQL

Data modelling

Data warehousing

Tools

SQL

Data modelling

Data warehousing

Job description

Public Services Delivery Scotland is recruiting a Technical Analyst within the Data & Analytics team to shape and deliver national data services for NHS Scotland. You will translate business needs into robust data specifications, support data pipelines and data warehouse design, and work with technical and delivery teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.

The role requires experience in business and technical analysis, data profiling, and data quality.