Role: Data analyst
Rate: Inside IR35
Location: 2-3 days onsite in Luton
Duration: 6 months initially
Data Steward will be responsible for ensuring data quality, governance, and compliance across critical operational datasets, enabling reliable analytics and reporting. The role will focus on managing metadata, monitoring data reliability, and supporting business users in leveraging trusted data.
Key responsibilities:
Data Governance & Stewardship · Define and enforce data governance standards, policies, and processes across airline operational datasets.
· Collaborate with business stakeholders to document business definitions, data ownership, and stewardship guidelines.
· Maintain data dictionaries, metadata, and lineage within Atlan.
Data Management & Quality:
· Be the technical lead for the Data Management and Quality. Develop the technical designs of all Data Management frameworks and operating models and ensure that are embedded in our people, tools, and business processes. Monitor use of all the data management frameworks and operating models across the organisation to ensure compliance with the data management best practice defined internally at customer Data Quality & Reliability
· Monitor and ensure data accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency across systems.
-Leverage Monte Carlo for data observability-proactively detecting, resolving, and preventing data quality issues.
· Work with data engineering teams to establish data validation, profiling, and anomaly detection frameworks. Stakeholder Engagement & Support
· Act as a bridge between business and technical teams, ensuring alignment of data requirements.
· Provide training and guidance to business users on accessing and using trusted datasets.
· Support airline operations by ensuring operational reports and dashboards are built on consistent, high-quality data.
· Facilitate data lifecycle management (from ingestion to archival) while ensuring compliance with airline industry standards
· Ensure adherence to aviation regulatory requirements, data privacy, and security standards. · Maintain access controls and data-sharing policies in line with organizational and industry guidelines.
Key skills/knowledge/experience:
· Strong experience with data observability and quality monitoring. · Proficiency in metadata management, cataloging, and lineage tracking. · Solid understanding of data governance, master data management, and data lifecycle practices. · Familiarity with airline/aviation operational data (crew, scheduling, flight ops, maintenance) preferred.
· Excellent communication skills to collaborate with IT teams, analysts, and business stakeholder
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