Graduate Data Consultant - London, United Kingdom - BAE Systems

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BAE Systems Digital Intelligence


Graduate Data Consultant

Start Date:
January 2024


Base location:
London


Here at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we are committed to helping governments, organisations and society navigate digital threats and opportunities.

Whether it's leveraging data to digitally transform operations or securing organisations and nations from cyber threats, we combine our unrivalled security and engineering heritage to help our clients navigate the data-reliant digital landscape.


As the cyber and intelligence arm of BAE Systems, we employ over 4,500 people across 16 countries in North America, APAC, Europe and the Middle East.

With our distinguished heritage, we relish the opportunity to transform digital and data practices, defence, intelligence, security and society for government agencies, law enforcement, financial services, and critical infrastructure.


The graduate programme is designed to give you ownership of your career aspirations, supported by training and practical experience to help you succeed.

You will be part of our Future Talent Community and be assigned a Career Manager, who will support and guide you throughout your career with us.

All of this is designed to complement your career development, fuel your ambition, and give depth to your training and career.

Role Profile


The role of a Graduate Consultant is to harness the expertise of our talented and highly experienced Consultants, to deliver a mixture of business and technical-related activities resulting in tangible outputs for our clients.

Our Graduate Consultants are often the bridge between the business and technical delivery teams and operate across the full length of the project lifecycle, from helping to identify the problem and defining the solution, to implementing and managing the change required for our clients to reach their goals.

Graduate Consultants will learn the tools, techniques and approaches used by consulting professionals.


Data Consultants develop a range of skills and experience related to the Data Scientist, Data Engineer and Data Analyst roles, supporting their professional development towards selecting one of those roles as their preferred career path while contributing to data projects in their own right.


Data Consultants typically operate in roles teamed with other data specialists, supporting the team and the client in a variety of projects which develop data capability, insights and solutions to realise business outcomes.

The role is varied, involving participation in a variety of projects and roles in support of personal development and identification of career path aspirations.


As a Data Consultant, you might:

  • Participate in client engagements to elicit and document their vision, aims and / or requirements for the development of data capability, insights or solutions.
  • Undertake data analysis to reveal insights from datasets, either as an end in itself, or to inform other project tasks.
  • Support the investigation and documentation of data assets in the client estate to inform decisions to change and improve the data landscape.
  • Develop units within wider data solutions such as ETL pipelines.
  • Prepare and present materials to communicate data insights, including creation of data visualisations.


Please note, as a Graduate Consultant, you may be required to work on client sites, which are away from your base location - this can be for an extended period of time.

In this instance, all travel and expenses costs will be covered. If you have concerns about this; please speak to your recruitment contact.

Who are we looking for?

The ideal graduate will have excellent analytical and numerical skills and be able to demonstrate objective and logical thinking. You will have a desire to learn along with having a creative mind.

Having clear and effective communication skills will stand you in good stead along with being articulate both verbally and in writing.

In the role you will be expected to work well as part of a team, so interpersonal skills are key.

You will also need to show resilience under pressure. As expected being competent in Microsoft Office packages is essential along with being IT literate.

What's in it for you?

  • Worklife balance is important; you'll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
  • Our flexible benefits package includes; private medical and dental insurance, a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
  • You'll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
  • You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups. These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.
- £34,000 starting salary, rising over the course of the programme
- £2,000 welcome payment

Entry Requirements

  • You will need to have obtained or be studyi
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