Senior Data Scientist

Sopra Steria; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria is seeking an enthusiastic Data Scientist/Analytics professional to centralise data, develop dashboards and predictive analytics for senior leaders. You will work with Python, SQL and Power BI in a hybrid Newport-based role, collaborating with a team to transform data into actionable insights for internal stakeholders and clients.

You will design forecasting solutions and improve data quality, leveraging modern cloud-based analytics platforms while supporting a data-led culture

Qualifications

• Experience analysing and presenting complex data to support business decisions.
• Strong SQL skills and large dataset handling.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation and modelling.
• Experience developing dashboards and visualisations in Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance reporting, dashboards and analytical products for senior leaders and customers.
• Centralise, cleanse, validate and model data from multiple systems in data lake environments.
• Build and maintain data pipelines, automated solutions and analytical tools using Python, SQL and Power BI.
• Design and deliver forecasting, planning and predictive analytics to support decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, automate reporting and enhance analytics capabilities.

Skills

Python

SQL

Power BI

Azure

Data Lake

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Are you passionate about turning complex data into clear, meaningful insights that help shape business decisions? Join our Data Science & Analytics team and help us unlock the value of data across our Aerospace, Defence and Security business. This team sits at the heart of the organisation, bringing together data from across the business into a centralised data lake and transforming it into reporting, analytics and insight that supports operational, tactical and strategic decision-making. You'll work with a collaborative team based primarily in Newport, where the team comes together in person once a month to share ideas, solve challenges and strengthen relationships. The team's work supports both internal stakeholders and clients, with much of the reporting providing critical insight to senior leaders across the business. You'll have the opportunity to work with modern data platforms, analytical tooling and emerging technologies to help create a more data- led culture and deliver solutions that drive better business outcomes. We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. This role is hybrid, with monthly team meetings in Newport and additional travel as required for collaboration and business needs.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop and enhance reporting, dashboards and analytical products that provide insight to senior business leaders and customers.
• Centralise, cleanse, validate and model data from multiple business systems within modern data platforms and data lake environments.
• Build and maintain data pipelines, automated solutions and analytical tools using technologies including Python, SQL and Power BI.
• Design and deliver forecasting, planning and predictive analytics solutions that support informed decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, automate reporting processes and enhance analytics capabilities across the business.
• Communicate insights through compelling visualisations and data storytelling that help stakeholders understand what the data is telling them.

What you'll bring:

• Experience analysing, interpreting and presenting complex data from multiple sources to support business decision-making.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large datasets and relational databases.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation and modelling within modern analytical environments.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports and visualisations using Power BI.
• Experience working with Azure-based data environments, data lakes and data modelling concepts.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse architectures or other modern cloud-based analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of machine learning, artificial intelligence and forecasting techniques and their practical business application.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.

Location: Newport (Hybrid).

Security Clearance Level: SC MOD.

Internal Recruiter: Annecia.

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum.

• 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about the sector? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other.

We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.