Business Analyst (Data Science) - Tech Consultancy - Defence & Security in London

We are seeking committed new talent to join our multidisciplinary Data Science and Machine Learning team, with a focus on our clients in the Defence and Security sector. Our goal is to work together with our clients to drive innovation and insight from their data, using cutting edge data, analytics, and AI techniques.

Your primary responsibility is to make data valuable for our clients. This will involve working with key stakeholders to identify opportunities and requirements for data and AI projects, helping apply structured data analysis, data science, and machine learning techniques to enable actionable business insights, and promoting user adoption of the developed data tools and products.

In your role, you will have responsibility for deliverables and client stakeholder relationships and will be delivering solutions for our clients using agile methodologies.

You will:

• Research and develop innovative solutions that deliver real-world impact
• Pioneer implementation of new techniques and technologies
• Participate in all phases of the lifecycle from capturing user needs and developing prototypes to scaling and managing live services
• Help apply data science, machine learning and AI techniques creatively to solve complex problems
• Be responsible for the high-quality delivery of projects
• Shape new propositions and support winning new projects
• Support continual learning and development in the team
• Develop deep understanding of the Defence and Security sector and the context for AI solutions and services to be successful

All applicants must hold UK security clearance to Developed Vetting level. We are looking for candidates with both technical and business focused skills and experience, who can articulate the outcomes and value of their work.

Essential skills and experience

• Experience in identifying, analysing, prioritising and validating business and user requirements for data and data science products and services
• Experience in conducting options analyses, feasibility assessments, impact assessments, and value estimations that contribute to business case development
• Experience in identifying and comparing the best processes or delivery methods to deliver data and data science capabilities, including measuring and evaluating outcomes
• Hands-on experience of helping apply data science or machine learning in Defence/Security, wider public sector, or in academia
• Strong communication skills, including preparing accessible, engaging and impactful reports and presentations and conveying complex issues to diverse audiences
• Ability to effectively communicate complex business problems with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Building productive relationships with colleagues and clients
• Evidence of contribution to practice development, including developing new propositions, mentoring colleagues and supporting bid work

It is desirable to have demonstrable experience with a few of the following

• Experience working with limited direction to complete tasks and create defined deliverables linked to a project
• Understanding of how to apply data and data science techniques for data analysis
• An understanding of mathematics, statistics, and probability
• Knowledge of data visualisation tools and ability to create dashboards and reports
• Knowledge of the machine learning lifecycle, from prototyping state-of-the-art to scaling and managing for enterprise use
• Understanding of key considerations for Ethical and Responsible data and AI, and experience applying them

You'll be based in Bristol, London or Manchester with hybrid working. At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

We're growing our teams across all of Technology and Transformation. If you are cleared to DV level, and want to grow your career in this sector, we are very keen to hear from you.

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills.

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see.