Data Platform Consultant (SC Cleared)

Syntax Consultancy
Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0HB, United Kingdom
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£450 pd

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23 Mar 2026 (Last month)
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Data Platform Consultant (SC Cleared)

Corsham (Wiltshire)

6 Month Contract

£450/day (Outside IR35)

Data Platform Consultant needed with active SC Security Clearance and strong Power BI, Tableau + AWS Cloud experience.

6 Month Rolling Contract based in Corsham (Wiltshire). Start ASAP in March/April 2026.

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH) + 2 days/week working from the office in Corsham (Wiltshire).

A chance to work with a leading global IT + Digital transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects:

Project Objective: design, build + implementation of a cloud based Data Analytics platform to provide data workflow, data visualisation + dashboard solutions.

Key Skills: Tableau, Power BI + Apache Superset dashboard + data visualisation tools.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure environments including: AWS Glue, S3 Buckets, Athena + Serverless data pipelines.

Python and R-style workflow development environments.

SQL querying + data transformation skills.

Hands-on experience with secure, cloud-based Data Analytics platforms.

Supporting definition of the POC scoping, success criteria + value proposition.

Shaping the technical path from POC to MVP considering scalability, security, governance + reuse.

Supporting build, configuration + implementation activities alongside developers + data engineers.

Ability to simplify complexity + communicate technical trade-offs clearly to key stakeholders.

In-depth experience in Data Engineering, Data Analytics platforms + Data Science

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