Job Title Data Analyst
Location Northampton
This role sits in the Risk, Finance and Treasury (RFT) team. The RFT Data Fabric consists of 2 primary ecosystems, one that is more focused towards Investment Banking and Markets data and the second for data relating to BUK or group consolidated data. The Data Fabric Architecture team is responsible for the governance and evolution of the data architecture across both of these platforms ensuring that data is consumed from the right sources in the right way, including data sourcing having agreed and enforced SLAs; measurement of the quality of our data; and proactive identification and mitigation of threats to our change plans for the future.
What will you be doing?
• Work with upstream and downstream Data publishers and consumers to navigate the data onboarding process and participate in the implementation of the wider data governance Framework.
• Coordinate with CDO (Chief Data Office) to track lineage and critical data elements through the data fabric
• Document data quality rules through the data flows, highlight data quality gaps and track data quality issues with the CDO teams.
• Gather requirements for client requests in relation to the RFT Data Fabric and work with development teams and Project Managers to deliver new features.
• Document Data Lineage for data types within the Fabric and create a logical data model for the fabric
• Maintenance of the Data Fabric SharePoint & Confluence including feature evolution and data flows
• Maintaining and documenting the Data Fabric (the project name) roadmap and interlocks
What we’re looking for:
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills across all levels
• Good analytical skills
• An enthusiastic, pro-active attitude is key.
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Business Analysis, Requirements Gathering and project execution would be beneficial but not essential
• Experience of working with large projects
• SQL (either in SQL Server or Oracle environments) would help but can be trained
• Data Virtualisation Tools such as Denodo, Composite or big data technologies (Hadoop , Hive/Impala) would support but can be trained
Where will you be working?
Barclays Northampton is an operation of vast scale, with a huge influence and impact on the financial services industry and on the lives of millions of British people. Here, we process 18 million transactions worth more than £700 million every day. This couldn’t be possible without the collaboration between all our teams – from tech, marketing, functions, and operations – and the global partnerships our Northampton colleagues have. Our environmentally friendly office is within 5 minutes of the local town, easily accessible from the M1, and we run frequent shuttlebuses to and from Northampton train station.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
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Our Benefits
Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.