Lead Analytics Engineer
Role Overview
Lead analytics engineering at Ofgem, shaping how data is structured, modeled, and used across the organization.
The role combines hands-on technical work, analytics, and stakeholder engagement in complex data environments.
Data capabilities support organizational decisions and digital services in the UK energy system.
Key Skills for This Role
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Salary
- The posting lists a salary range of £49,452–£62,699, with separate national and London ranges; no pay cadence is stated.
- A civil service pension is listed with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Role overview
Lead analytics engineering at Ofgem, shaping how data is structured, modeled, and used across the organization.
The role combines hands-on technical work, analytics, and stakeholder engagement in complex data environments.
Data capabilities support organizational decisions and digital services in the UK energy system.
Responsibilities
- Lead analytical data models for reporting, analytics, AI, and business intelligence.
- Translate stakeholder and business-process needs into effective data structures and models.
- Develop data transformation standards across Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, and related technologies.
- Maintain data quality, consistency, interoperability, and reuse across the organization.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and analysts to align platforms and analytical needs.
- Improve modeling and transformation practices; establish documentation standards and maintainable solutions.
- Support discoverable, well-defined, and governed metadata; resolve pipeline and model issues and optimize them.
- Provide technical leadership, guidance, and best-practice support to colleagues.
Candidate requirements
- Experience designing and optimizing complex data models in cloud environments.
- Strong experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, or equivalent platforms.
- Experience with Python and SQL; knowledge of data transformation, modeling, and metadata management.
- Ability to balance technical design with business and stakeholder needs and explain technical concepts clearly.
- Experience in government or regulated environments and supporting analytics is sought.
Locations
- The posting lists Cardiff, Glasgow, and London as locations.
Contract and working pattern
- The contract type is permanent.
- The working pattern is flexible working and full-time.
About Ofgem
Ofgem identifies its work with protecting consumers and enabling a secure, fair, and sustainable UK energy future.
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