Freelance Python Data Analysis Jobs in Brampton, ON

What is the Opportunity?

The Pharos Data & Analytics team within RBC Global Security is looking for a Data Analyst to help transform security data into meaningful insights that drive decision-making across the enterprise. You will work closely with data engineers, product owners, and security stakeholders to explore, analyze, and visualize data from our security data platform.

This is a hands-on analytical role where you will write complex queries against large-scale datasets, build dashboards and reports, identify trends, and deliver data-driven recommendations that directly improve our organization's security posture.

What You Will Do

Analyze & Deliver Insights

• Write advanced SQL queries to explore, validate, and extract insights from large-scale security datasets across bronze/silver/gold layers in Databricks and Delta Lake.

• Build and maintain dashboards and reports that surface key security metrics, KRIs, and trends to stakeholders and leadership.

• Perform root cause analysis on data anomalies and quality issues.

Collaborate & Communicate

• Partner with data engineers to define data requirements, validate pipeline outputs, and ensure data accuracy.

• Work with security stakeholders to understand business questions and translate them into analytical deliverables.

• Present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Improve & Scale

• Identify opportunities to automate recurring analyses and reporting workflows.

• Contribute to data quality standards by flagging inconsistencies and proposing validation rules.

• Support the development of self-serve analytics capabilities for the broader security organization.

Must Have

• 3+ years of experience in a data analyst or similar analytical role.

• Advanced SQL skills - complex joins, window functions, CTEs, subqueries, query optimization, and performance tuning on large datasets.

• Experience working with Databricks, Delta Lake, or similar cloud-based data platforms.

• Proficiency in building dashboards and visualizations (Python,Power BI, Tableau, or Databricks SQL dashboards).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to work with ambiguous requirements and distill them into clear deliverables.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills - comfortable presenting to stakeholders at all levels.

• Familiarity with data modeling concepts (star schema, dimensional modeling).

Nice to Have

• Proficiency in Python for data analysis (pandas, notebooks).

• Experience with Azure cloud services.

• Background in cybersecurity data (vulnerability management, SAST/DAST, asset inventory, compliance metrics).

• Familiarity with version control (Git) and Agile workflows.

• Exposure to statistical analysis or basic ML concepts.

• Experience with data quality frameworks or data governance practices.

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

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