Your Role
We are looking for an experienced Data Architect with strong expertise in Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Delta Lake, data modelling, data governance, and cloud data architecture, along with domain experience in London Market Insurance.
The candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering scalable data architecture solutions for insurance transformation programmes covering underwriting, claims, policy administration, bordereaux, delegated authority, premium processing, regulatory reporting, reinsurance, analytics, and data migration.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on architecture experience in Azure-based data platforms and should be able to work closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, solution architects, data engineers, insurance SMEs, vendors, and delivery teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Define end‑to‑end data architecture for Azure-based data platforms using Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Azure Synapse, and Power BI.
- Design scalable and secure lakehouse architecture using bronze, silver, and gold data layers.
- Lead architecture and design for data ingestion, transformation, curation, data marts, reporting, and analytics solutions.
- Create high‑level and low‑level data architecture documents, data flow diagrams, integration architecture, and data platform blueprints.
- Define architecture patterns for batch, incremental, real‑time, and API‑based data ingestion.
- Design reusable data ingestion and transformation frameworks using ADF and Databricks.
- Define data models for London Market Insurance data including policy, claims, premium, broker, bordereaux, delegated authority, reinsurance, exposure, and regulatory reporting data.
- Work with business analysts and insurance SMEs to understand London Market business processes and translate requirements into data architecture.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Lloyd's Market operations, including underwriting, claims, policy administration, premium accounting, bordereaux processing, delegated authority and binder data, coverholder data, exposure management, reinsurance data, regulatory reporting, and financial and management reporting.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience as a Data Architect, preferably within the insurance industry.
- Proficiency in Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Delta Lake, Azure Synapse, and Power BI.
- Strong knowledge of data modelling, data governance, and cloud data architecture.
- Experience with Lakehouse architecture using bronze, silver, and gold layers.
- Ability to design reusable data ingestion and transformation frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical data models and architecture.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
