Senior Cloud Data Analyst – Looker

As a Cloud Data Analyst, you will be at the forefront of cloud technology using your skills in a varied and evolving consulting role. You will solve complex customer-facing challenges, helping diverse organisations to create and modernise data analytics platforms as they move to the cloud.

Your role will require you to analyse and define requirements, and then manage the end-to-end execution process. You will also be liaising with multiple stakeholders, on a daily basis, to ensure the timely delivery of appropriate outputs, in accordance with each of the project plans and deadlines. Exposure to a wide variety of technologies and software is a given and you will be expected to investigate the use of new technologies as they become available.

You will understand the value of our long relationship with Google, and help to grow and promote our data analytics capabilities within their teams.

Responsibilities:

• Gain a deep understanding of the Looker BI Suite and Big Query, as well as surrounding GCP concepts such as IAM roles, Logging and Monitoring
• Understand customer business requirements and advise the best way to fulfil these with the data and tools available
• Investigate data necessary to achieve desired business outcomes
• Concisely and thoroughly document processes relating to customer data requirements
• Provide training and pair-programming sessions for clients to upskill them in using Looker and associated GCP services
• Develop internal tooling, and improve processes, for the wider data analytics team and CTS business. You will love to find ways to do things better
• As part of your continuing professional development, gain relevant certifications and skills badges as required by the role

• Significant professional  experience working in a Data Analytics role
• Professional  experience working with Looker Enterprise
• Strong data processing experience and understanding of developing against common database technologies (such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc)
• Comprehensive problem-solving skills and proven ability to apply creative and innovative thinking, identify and support the resolution of data quality and integrity issues
• Understanding of developing visualisations and reports using BI solutions (such as Looker, Google Data Studio, Tableau, PowerBI, etc)
• Confident in presenting findings in an effective, structured and actionable way to a wide set of audiences with varying levels of understanding
• Excellent planning, prioritisation, organisational and time management skills, being able to work both as part of a team and independently
• Ability to meet regular and ad hoc deadlines, working under project plans and deadlines

Desirable Skills:

• Exposure to data modelling / data science methodologies is a bonus.
• Prior experience working in a customer-facing role.
• Experience working in an Agile team, understanding of project management methods, disciplines and project lifecycles.

• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare scheme
• Company pension
• Death in Service – 4x annual salary
• Flexible working culture
• Company events – opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Learning and development opportunities
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals

Location:

This role can be either fully remote or hybrid based depending on your preference. We have offices in London, Manchester, Swindon and Edinburgh in the UK. You can choose to work from any of these office locations as often as you like. There is no mandatory office working, but you might be expected to travel to offices or customer sites for specific meetings or events.

Our Culture:

CTS and Appsbroker have agreed a strategic merger, joining forces to become the largest Google Cloud-only digital consultancy in Europe. We’re looking for bright, passionate people to join us at the vanguard, delivering the most ambitious Google Cloud projects across AI, security, martech, data, and Workspace.

Our culture and values are really important to us. We invest strongly in our people, and our culture is down-to-earth, approachable, energetic, bright, and helpful.

In uniting our team of over 400 best-in-class experts, we now have a fantastic opportunity to build on our collective heritage and grow an even better company, with an even more dynamic, creative, and diverse culture from which to learn from one another and serve our customers. We want ambitious people to join us who can help us with this mission.

As part of our values, we believe in business with a positive impact, and we’re mindful of the way our company connects with the world around it. We’re a certified B Corporation and our commitment to sustainability shapes what we do and how we do it – from the way we work with our customers to how we nurture and develop our talented community.