Contract Data Architect
5 days ago
London
Contract Data Architect (Insurance & Pensions)\n URGENT REQUIREMENTInterviews taking place immediately with a view to commencing Monday 27th July. \n Location: Fully Remote (occasional travel to London)Contract Length: 6 Months Initial ContractDay Rate: £600-£650 per dayEngagement: Outside IR35Start Date: Monday 27th July Overview\n We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to join a high-profile data modernisation programme within the insurance and pensions sector. This consultant will play a critical role in defining the target-state data architecture, supporting the migration of legacy data estates into a modern cloud-native platform, and shaping the architectural standards that underpin enterprise-wide data transformation. \n This is an ideal opportunity for a Data Architect with strong insurance or pensions experience, a deep understanding of modern data platforms, and the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities\n\n • Lead discovery, assessment and technical design activities for large-scale data modernisation programmes.\n, • Define conceptual architectures, logical data models and detailed low-level designs (LLDs).\n, • Design target-state Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, including Bronze, Silver and curated data product layers.\n, • Develop migration strategies for transitioning legacy and mainframe-based datasets into modern cloud-native platforms.\n, • Define data ingestion, profiling, mapping, validation, reconciliation and governance processes.\n, • Produce canonical data models across policy, member, scheme, contribution, benefit, payment, adjustment and reporting domains.\n, • Design scalable API and microservices-based integration patterns.\n, • Establish data quality, reconciliation and control frameworks to support regulatory and operational reporting.\n, • Produce architecture artefacts including:\n \n, • Solution designs\n, • Data models\n, • Source-to-target mappings\n, • API specifications\n, • Security models\n, • Migration plans\n, • Runbooks\n \n, • Work closely with engineering, platform, security and operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure and production-ready.\n, • Provide architectural leadership and engage with stakeholders at all levels across business and technology functions.\nEssential Experience\n\n, • Extensive experience as a Data Architect within insurance or pensions.\n, • Strong understanding of insurance and pension data domains.\n, • Proven delivery of enterprise-scale data architecture and modernisation programmes.\n, • Experience designing modern cloud-native data platforms.\n, • Strong knowledge of Lakehouse and Medallion architecture patterns.\n, • Experience migrating legacy, on-premise or mainframe data platforms into cloud environments.\n, • Ability to create conceptual architecture, logical data models and detailed LLDs.\n, • Strong understanding of enterprise data modelling and canonical data structures.\n, • Experience designing API-led and microservices architectures.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\n, • Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, reconciliation and regulatory reporting requirements.\nHighly Desirable\n\n, • Experience with:\n \n, • Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA)\n, • Pension Risk Transfer\n, • Actuarial Reporting\n, • Scheme Administration Data\n, • Regulatory Reporting\n, • Operational Analytics\n \n, • Experience within highly regulated financial services environments.\n, • Exposure to enterprise data engineering and cloud transformation initiatives.\nKey Skills\n\n, • Data Architecture\n, • Insurance & Pensions\n, • Data Modernisation\n, • Cloud Data Platforms\n, • Lakehouse Architecture\n, • Medallion Architecture\n, • Data Modelling\n, • Legacy/Mainframe Migration\n, • Conceptual Architecture\n, • Low-Level Design (LLD)\n, • APIs & Microservices\n, • Data Governance\n, • Data Quality & Reconciliation\n, • Stakeholder Management\n, • Solution Design\n\n