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Overview

Our leading Douglas-based Finance Sector Client is expanding its Finance Team as they progress an ambitious transformation programme. As they evolve the technology organisation, they require an experienced Data Architect.

Note - this role is based on the Isle of Man, so requires candidates to either be based on the island currently or be open to relocation.

The Data Architect will play a pivotal role in performing data design activities across various group functions, channels, products, and technologies. The primary focus is collection, ingestion, and storage of data from upstream sources (e.g. applications, data stores, data streams) into enterprise data platforms that not only fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation but also streamline the effective provisioning of data from diverse source systems.

You will

• Provide architectural leadership, governance, and management of key data design knowledge and artifacts, ensuring the centralisation of data into cohesive and enterprise-wide repositories that aligns with both current and future organisational requirements
• Carry out design activities in adherence to the Data Architecture Approach and Design Governance Framework, leveraging personal specialisation and subject matter expertise. This involves a strong emphasis on employing effective data gathering methodologies from diverse source systems
• Define and maintain the data technology architecture, including metadata, integration and business intelligence or data warehouse architectures. This involves not only designing but also optimising data technology solutions and patterns to ensure efficient data gathering and centralisation processes
• Bring an end-to-end "Data Solution Architecture" focus, ensuring the functional fit of data solutions to meet upstream business needs and operating models, along with technical suitability and integration of systems. This is to be delivered in line with Data Strategy and Technology Principles
• Identification and maintenance of key data source assets, including extraction, ingestion, steaming, and centralised storage and options/assessment papers for the same
• Safeguarding and manage sensitive data across its lifecycle, wherever it lives
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders and suppliers to identify and resolve design questions, issues, and gaps
• Identify and resolve design issues, risks, and gaps for projects

The ideal candidate for the role of Data Architect will have:

• Proficiency in data modelling, covering conceptual, logical, and physical levels
• Strong understanding of data integration strategies and methodologies
• Experience of Life Insurance (ideally international)
• Experience in the Microsoft BI Stack on-premises and/or Azure, i.e. Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Lake, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Data Factory etc
• Experience of data modelling and documentation tools e.g. Visual Paradigm, DataEdo
• Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience in a related field
• Recognised Architecture / IT qualifications (e.g., TOGAF) are desirable
• Familiarity with security best practices in data management
• In-depth knowledge of data governance principles and frameworks
• Expertise in evaluating and adopting emerging data management technologies
• Experience with major change or transformational programs in data architecture
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for designing flexible, reliable, and cost-effective data solutions
• Experience of working in a complex sourcing environment with multiple, diverse partnerships
• Well organised and able to prioritise workload in line with tight deadlines and work effectively under pressure
• Broad experience of all architecture domains (including business, data, applications, integration, infrastructure and security) and reference models, standards and patterns
• Business and IT architecture design at the conceptual (high-level), logical and physical (detailed) levels
• Ability to take a strategic view and see the 'big-picture', aligned to the ability to adopt an analytical approach to complex problem solving and consideration of operational implications
• Proven ability to design and deliver flexible, reliable, operable, cost effective solutions
• Demonstrable experience in architecture standards, services, solution design and implementation, architecture principles and architecture views