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Queen Square Recruitment

Analytics Engineer

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Freelance

03-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Conflict Resolution Tableau SQL Data Engineering CI/CD GCP BigQuery Agile Analytics GCP

Job Specifications

Contract Role: Analytics Engineer – Telecom | Central London (Hybrid)

Location: Central London — 2 days per week onsite

⏳ Contract: 6 months initially

Day Rate: £450–£550 (Inside IR35)

Start: ASAP

We’re hiring an Analytics Engineer to support a major telecom client. This role sits between data engineering and analytics, building clean, scalable data models that fuel reliable insights across commercial, finance, and planning teams.

What You’ll Do

Build scalable data models (marts, business layers, OBTs) that act as a single source of truth.
Lead end‑to‑end model development: requirements → build → testing → documentation → CI/CD deployment.
Uphold high coding standards in SQL and dbt; review and maintain clean, well‑structured analytics code.
Ensure data quality & PII protection using tests, validation, and secure handling practices.
Troubleshoot data issues across source → transformation → BI layers, owning fixes end‑to‑end.
Optimise & refactor existing models for performance and cost (BigQuery).
Manage orchestration & environments, including dev/prod troubleshooting.
Analyse new data sources and design models accordingly.
Communicate clearly with stakeholders, explaining technical concepts in plain language.
Own technical debt, documenting issues and advocating for resolution.

What You Bring

Essential

Expert SQL and advanced query writing
Strong data modelling (dimensional, marts)
Hands‑on experience with GCP BigQuery
Strong dbt Cloud/Core experience
Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills
Ability to trace lineage and diagnose issues independently
Experience with CI/CD, branching, merging, conflict resolution
Understanding of data quality frameworks & PII standards
Clear communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Desirable

Broader knowledge of modelling best practices
Agile delivery experience
Exposure to BI tools (Tableau etc.)
Query performance tuning & cloud cost optimisation
Strong ownership and independent working
Mentoring or community contribution experience

If you have the required skills & experience, please apply promptly to be considered.

About the Company

We are an independent recruitment consultancy driven to provide an excellent service to our clients and candidates. We take pride in our service and delivery and have built strong, transparent relationships with all our customers. How we can help you: If you're looking to resource an entire project or to fill one strategic position, please get in touch on 020 3887 8700 / 0117 403 8888 or email your requirements to hello@macleanmoore.com - we pride ourselves on our speed of response and are looking forward to hearing from... Know more