Data & AI Analyst
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. Avanade scores B on the Alion truth index.
Data Analyst
Our Data & AI team is made up of curious, client-focused professionals who help organisations turn data into insight, decisions, and action. We’re looking for a Data Analyst who combines strong business analysis capability with data product management skills to shape, define, and deliver high-value use cases across analytics, AI, and modern data platforms.
If you’re passionate about understanding how businesses work, translating that into well-defined data and AI use cases, and working closely with both business and technology stakeholders, we’d love to talk.
Together we do what matters.
Come join us
As a member of Avanade’s Data & AI practice, you’ll work at the intersection of business and technology, helping clients unlock value from their data across AI, Agentic AI, data platforms, reporting, and analytics. You’ll play a critical role in shaping data-driven products and solutions, ensuring they are well-defined, client-centric, and deliver measurable outcomes.
This role is ideal for analytically minded professionals who are curious, collaborative, and motivated by driving meaningful change through data.
What you’ll do
- Partner with clients to understand business problems, opportunities, and priorities, translating them into clear data, analytics, and AI use cases
- Combine business analysis and data product thinking to define scope, success measures, roadmaps, and requirements for data-driven solutions
- Analyse source systems, APIs, and data feeds, assessing data quality, structure, and suitability for analytics and AI use cases
- Design and document analytics-focused data models, including dimensional models and star schemas
- Produce source-to-target mappings, business rules, and transformation logic to support data engineering and analytics delivery
- Work closely with data engineers, architects, and AI specialists to ensure requirements are well understood and effectively delivered
- Engage confidently with both business and technology stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and translator between worlds
- Support the evolution of data products over time, incorporating feedback, learning, and changing business needs
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Skills and experience
- Proven experience as a Data Analyst, Business Analyst, or Analytics Consultant within data, analytics, or AI programmes
- Strong background in business analysis, including requirements definition, stakeholder engagement, and use-case development
- Experience analysing source systems, APIs, and data integrations, with an understanding of how operational data is used for analytics
- Solid knowledge of data modelling for analytics, particularly dimensional modelling and star schemas
- Hands-on experience producing source-to-target mappings and working with data engineers to support implementation
- Understanding of modern data platforms and analytics architectures, ideally within Microsoft or cloud-based ecosystems
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical audiences
- Experience with technologies such as Python, SQL, Power BI, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric is advantageous
About you
Characteristics that can spell success in this role include:
- Naturally curious and analytical, with a strong desire to understand why things work the way they do
- Passionate about driving change through data, analytics, and AI, not just producing outputs
- Client-centric, with a clear focus on outcomes, value, and measurable impact
- Comfortable working across ambiguity, evolving requirements, and complex stakeholder landscapes
- Confident engaging with senior business stakeholders and technology teams alike
- Pragmatic, collaborative, and able to balance rigour with pace
- Keen to continuously learn, develop, and stay current with emerging data and AI trends
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade:
- Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (20 times)
- A minimum of 80 hours per year dedicated to learning, certifications, and professional development
- Access to global Data & AI communities, accelerators, and subject-matter experts
- The chance to work on cutting-edge initiatives across AI, Agentic AI, analytics, and modern data platforms
- Clear and supported career progression across Consultant and Senior Consultant levels
A great place to work
At Avanade, you’ll gain distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return for your skills and ideas. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels a strong sense of belonging and is empowered to do their best work.
You’ll join a supportive community of collaborators who will mentor, challenge, and learn alongside you - in a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions that improve how people work, interact, and live.
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.
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