Contract Data Architect

URGENT REQUIREMENTInterviews taking place immediately with a view to commencing Monday 27th July.

Location: Fully Remote (occasional travel to London)Contract Length: 6 Months Initial ContractDay Rate: £600-£650 per dayEngagement: Outside IR35Start Date: Monday 27th July

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.

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.

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• Lead discovery, assessment and technical design activities for large-scale data modernisation programmes.
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• Define conceptual architectures, logical data models and detailed low-level designs (LLDs).
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• Design target-state Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, including Bronze, Silver and curated data product layers.
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• Develop migration strategies for transitioning legacy and mainframe-based datasets into modern cloud-native platforms.
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• Define data ingestion, profiling, mapping, validation, reconciliation and governance processes.
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• Produce canonical data models across policy, member, scheme, contribution, benefit, payment, adjustment and reporting domains.
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• Design scalable API and microservices-based integration patterns.
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• Establish data quality, reconciliation and control frameworks to support regulatory and operational reporting.
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• Produce architecture artefacts including:\n
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  • Solution designs
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  • Data models
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  • Source-to-target mappings
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  • API specifications
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  • Security models
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  • Migration plans
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  • Runbooks
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• Work closely with engineering, platform, security and operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure and production-ready.
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• Provide architectural leadership and engage with stakeholders at all levels across business and technology functions.
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• Extensive experience as a Data Architect within insurance or pensions.
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• Strong understanding of insurance and pension data domains.
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• Proven delivery of enterprise-scale data architecture and modernisation programmes.
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• Experience designing modern cloud-native data platforms.
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• Strong knowledge of Lakehouse and Medallion architecture patterns.
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• Experience migrating legacy, on-premise or mainframe data platforms into cloud environments.
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• Ability to create conceptual architecture, logical data models and detailed LLDs.
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• Strong understanding of enterprise data modelling and canonical data structures.
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• Experience designing API-led and microservices architectures.
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• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
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• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, reconciliation and regulatory reporting requirements.
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• Experience with:\n
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  • Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA)
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  • Pension Risk Transfer
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  • Actuarial Reporting
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  • Scheme Administration Data
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  • Regulatory Reporting
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  • Operational Analytics
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• Experience within highly regulated financial services environments.
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• Exposure to enterprise data engineering and cloud transformation initiatives.
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• Data Architecture
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• Insurance & Pensions
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• Data Modernisation
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• Cloud Data Platforms
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• Lakehouse Architecture
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• Medallion Architecture
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• Data Modelling
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• Legacy/Mainframe Migration
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• Conceptual Architecture
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• Low-Level Design (LLD)
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• APIs & Microservices
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• Data Governance
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• Data Quality & Reconciliation
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• Stakeholder Management
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• Solution Design
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