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Analytics Engineer, UCAS

This role is for an Analytics Engineer - Infrastructure at UCAS in Cheltenham, UK. The role reports to the Principal Data Scientist - Infrastructure and is responsible for ensuring UCAS' adoption of tools and technologies enables effective data analysis. Key responsibilities include assisting in developing processes to utilize multiple data sources, maintaining relationships with technology teams, and ensuring information governance policies are followed. Qualifications required include a numerate degree and 3+ years experience with data technologies like AWS, Python, and statistical software. The role requires strong technical skills as well as the ability to engage with others and manage workloads and expectations.

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Analytics Engineer, UCAS

This role is for an Analytics Engineer - Infrastructure at UCAS in Cheltenham, UK. The role reports to the Principal Data Scientist - Infrastructure and is responsible for ensuring UCAS' adoption of tools and technologies enables effective data analysis. Key responsibilities include assisting in developing processes to utilize multiple data sources, maintaining relationships with technology teams, and ensuring information governance policies are followed. Qualifications required include a numerate degree and 3+ years experience with data technologies like AWS, Python, and statistical software. The role requires strong technical skills as well as the ability to engage with others and manage workloads and expectations.

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Analytics Engineer - Infrastructure

Basic information

Scale: 2.1
Job family: Digital, Data and Technology Services
Terms: Permanent
Location: Remote/flexoble with travel to
Cheltenham

Reports to: Principal Data Scientist -


Infrastructure
Direct Reports: N/A
Team: Analytical Data- Infrastructure
Business unit: Operations

Date reviewed: January 2022

Job purpose:

This role will be responsible for ensuring that our adoption of tools and technologies for data science is right to enable
us to analyse the whole range of data available to us. The role will include understanding the capabilities and
requirements within our data science function to ensure our analytical solutions incorporate the best engineering
practices, efficiencies and deliver high quality outputs.

Key accountabilities:

 To assist in the development and implementation of technology and processes that deliver real value to UCAS’ data
science teams, enabling the use of a multitude of data sources, onward linking and the understanding of these data.
 To develop and maintain a close relationship with UCAS Technology colleagues, ensuring our new technologies are
in line with UCAS’ technology strategy and our data can be used across the UCAS business.
 To work with Technology colleagues on the adoption of data warehousing technologies and facilitate the
integration of existing data and processes to maintain existing outputs.
 To ensure information governance policies are adhered to and the data protection principles underpin the business
unit’s work.
 Act as a role model to the business unit and organisation, upholding the team’s culture and standards and
demonstrating UCAS values.
Skills, qualifications, and experience:
Data science and engineering
 Qualified to a high level in a numerate discipline, such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, operational
research, data science, or a related field – evidenced through a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) or demonstrable
experience.
 At least three years of strong experience of data analytic technologies and languages.
 Knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and virtualised platforms (AWS), infrastructure as code (Terraform),
automated scalable dataflows (Apache NiFi), ETL tools (Talend, AWS Glue) and application hosting technologies
(Docker).
 Knowledge of Git, YAML, Apache Spark, H2O.ai, R, Python and CI/CD methodologies.
 Advanced knowledge of statistical software and programming expertise across analysis methods, data creation,
data linking and analytical reporting.

Personal Attributes, Planning and Communication


 Strong professional and ethical judgement in choosing methods that give rapid, high quality, actionable results.
 A motivated individual who 'owns’ and takes pride in their work.
 Able to engage with other teams, sharing best practises of new technologies and methods.
 Embraces agile methodology and works effectively in a self-organising team of data scientists.
 Able to manage workload and manage expectations of key stakeholders.

This role profile sets out the scope and main duties of the post at the date when it was drawn up. Such
details may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of
responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a
reconsideration of the level of the post. All UCAS employees are expected to be flexible in undertaking the
duties and responsibilities attached to their role and may be asked to perform other duties, which
reasonably correspond to the general character of their role and their level of responsibility.

Our values in action:


Customer-focused – We understand what our customers want, and we act on their changing needs.
Collaborative – We collectively create an engaging and positive work environment.
Accountable – We take ownership of our individual and organisational performance.
Service excellence – We realise, grow, and maximise our potential.
Trusted – Individuals are trusted to make informed decisions and take appropriate risks.

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Document Owner: Recruitment Team Template updated: 28-Nov-19

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