Senior Data Quality Analyst
Target Start Date: Q2 2026Contract Type: Permanent, Full TimeSalary Range: £65,000 - £70,000Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid (1x week)b>Closing Date: 7th May
Overview
We are looking for a Senior Data Quality Analyst to work alongside Data Scientists, Engineers, Architects and Analysts, supporting the design, build and maintenance of cutting‑edge data and AI services while ensuring strong data‑quality practices are embedded and monitored from the outset.
Responsibilities
- Provide data‑quality advice and guidance across the business, promoting best practice and pragmatic solutions
- Design and implement data‑quality processes, controls and monitoring across our data platforms and enterprise systems
- Develop data profiling, reporting and monitoring solutions using SQL and Python
- Collaborate with data owners and stewards to improve trust and quality in critical datasets
- Curate and maintain key data artefacts such as data catalogues, dictionaries, lineage and asset registers
- Champion the value of data quality through governance forums, stakeholder engagement and guidance materials
- Support delivery of the strategic data‑quality roadmap and key governance outcomes
- Work with architects and AI teams to ensure high‑quality, well‑governed data supports scalable data products and GenAI services
Skills & Experience
- Strong experience implementing data‑quality processes and governance frameworks within complex data environments
- Hands‑on coding capability in SQL, with experience using Python for data manipulation, profiling or automation
- Experience working with modern cloud data platforms, particularly Databricks
- Experience profiling datasets and defining data‑quality rules, controls and monitoring approaches
- Experience working with data‑governance frameworks and collaborating with data owners, stewards and governance teams
- Familiarity with data‑governance and data‑management tooling such as Unity Catalog, Collibra or similar
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence across technical and non‑technical teams
- Interest in AI and emerging technologies, and an understanding of how strong data management enables advanced analytics and GenAI
Qualifications
- DAMA CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or equivalent
- Recognised Data Quality Specialist certification or training
- Experience in the insurance or financial services sector
- Exposure to data migration or transformation programmes
Benefits
- Flexible working – smart working flexibility within the UK and across the working day; part‑time, job‑share and working from home options available
- Minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) with the ability to buy and sell days
- Dental insurance; health cash plan; health screening; will writing; voluntary critical illness cover; mental health first aiders; well‑being activities – mindfulness
- Annual bonus schemes; annual salary reviews; competitive pension; employee savings; employee loans
- Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, sports and social club events and more
- Maternity, pregnant parent and primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay; paternity and non‑pregnant parent or co‑adopter at 8 weeks full pay
- Partner life assurance and critical illness cover
- Tech deals on gadgets including wearables, tablets and laptops
- Car salary exchange; cycle scheme; vehicle breakdown cover
- Return‑to‑work programme after maternity leave
Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement
We are an inclusive employer. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive and provide fair access to support and adjustments throughout the recruitment experience. We guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.
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