Data Analyst

Company: Opencast Software
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Description:

Job Description

hackajob is collaborating with Opencast Software to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Is this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below.

The Role

 

You’ll help clients improve their services by selecting the appropriate techniques to turn data into insights, by working within a product delivery team to develop performance measuring frameworks to track goals, user needs, or KPIs. You’ll operate within the client’s requirements and the appropriate legal, technical and ethical constraints.

 

Leading by example and promoting Opencast’s approach, you’ll mentor junior colleagues, provide constructive feedback, and demonstrate an understanding of each product delivery stage and how to apply appropriate measurements for that phase of work.

 

Essential experience

 

  • worked with data platforms such as Google Analytics, Splunk, Datadog, or similar

working within a GDS delivery environment within a government department

used data visualisation tools such as Data Studio to create service performance dashboards

designed and implemented a performance framework including KPIs or OKRs for a service or product

analytical skills in identifying the right data sources and then validate and understand how to interpret the results

collected, collated, cleansed, and interpreted data to derive meaningful and actionable insights

an ability to use the most appropriate medium to visualise data to tell compelling and relevant actionable stories xwwtmva

created hypotheses that can be tested, and developed insights based on your findings

valid Security Clearance or eligibility (5+ years residency in the UK)

Desirable experience

 

  • visualising data using Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Power Query or similar

scripting and programming languages such as SQL, Python, R etc

security and data privacy

making recommendations for service changes

 

 

Posted: July 10th, 2026