Data Operations Business Analyst

Scott Logic

Full-time Business Intelligence & Analysis
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Location
newcastle, kwazulu natal, South-Africa
Posted
June 30, 2026

Job Description

The Data Operations Business Analyst works within a Data Ops team delivering a large-scale data platform. The role focuses on analysing real production data, supporting downstream data users, shaping data-related requirements, and ensuring data is governed, understood, and used appropriately.

The role combines core Business Analysis skills with significant hands‑on data investigation and close collaboration with data scientists, data engineers, and platform teams.

Key responsibilities

Data analysis and investigation

  • Analyse large volumes of production data to investigate issues, anomalies, or questions raised by the team or data consumers.
  • Identify and assess issues such as missing, duplicated, invalid, or incomplete data, including understanding scale, impact, and risk.
  • Distinguish between historic data issues and ongoing problems.
  • Use PySpark and SQL to explore data and validate assumptions.
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