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Data Architect
Canopius GroupManchester, England, United Kingdom
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
Our predicted code SOC 2133 (93% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Canopius Group is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the published rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
The Role
JOB DESCRIPTION
At Canopius , our delivery teams are responsible for ensuring that business users can effectively harness data insights to drive strategic decision making. Our data strategy is centred around an enterprise Lakehouse platform on Databricks, avoiding fragmented, ungoverned silos on legacy technologies that hamper creativity and scalability.
The Data Architect owns the end-to-end design and evolution of our enterprise data architecture, defining how data is stored, integrated, secured and managed across solutions. The ideal candidate will be an experienced data architect who is excited by the opportunity to shape enterprise data standards, drive data re-use and interoperability across the organisation, and leverage modern technologies to simplify the data estate and unlock greater value from data.
You should be able to understand business problems and translate them into robust, efficient and well-governed data designs, including conceptual, logical and physical data models, while owning and maintaining data modelling standards and architecture principles. You should be comfortable collaborating in project teams and cross-departmental squads including business analysts, data analysts, developers and solution architects to deliver business solutions. The role also owns the end-to-end data architecture of our enterprise Lakehouse platform on Databricks, including data modelling, storage patterns, integration approaches, data sharing patterns and governance guardrails. In addition, the role is responsible for shaping the future-state data architecture, supporting transition roadmaps, and driving simplification through the rationalisation of legacy data assets and technical debt.
The candidate should be a practical, delivery-focused architect with strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record of producing data architecture artefacts, shaping solution designs and working closely with delivery teams to implement robust data solutions.
Responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
At Canopius , our delivery teams are responsible for ensuring that business users can effectively harness data insights to drive strategic decision making. Our data strategy is centred around an enterprise Lakehouse platform on Databricks, avoiding fragmented, ungoverned silos on legacy technologies that hamper creativity and scalability.
The Data Architect owns the end-to-end design and evolution of our enterprise data architecture, defining how data is stored, integrated, secured and managed across solutions. The ideal candidate will be an experienced data architect who is excited by the opportunity to shape enterprise data standards, drive data re-use and interoperability across the organisation, and leverage modern technologies to simplify the data estate and unlock greater value from data.
You should be able to understand business problems and translate them into robust, efficient and well-governed data designs, including conceptual, logical and physical data models, while owning and maintaining data modelling standards and architecture principles. You should be comfortable collaborating in project teams and cross-departmental squads including business analysts, data analysts, developers and solution architects to deliver business solutions. The role also owns the end-to-end data architecture of our enterprise Lakehouse platform on Databricks, including data modelling, storage patterns, integration approaches, data sharing patterns and governance guardrails. In addition, the role is responsible for shaping the future-state data architecture, supporting transition roadmaps, and driving simplification through the rationalisation of legacy data assets and technical debt.
The candidate should be a practical, delivery-focused architect with strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record of producing data architecture artefacts, shaping solution designs and working closely with delivery teams to implement robust data solutions.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include:
- Define conceptual, logical and physical data models, information models and associated data dictionaries to meet enterprise and delivery-specific requirements.
- Own the end-to-end architecture of the enterprise Lakehouse platform on Databricks, including data modelling, storage layers, processing patterns, integration approaches and data sharing standards.
- Define and evolve the future-state data architecture and associated transition roadmaps, identifying opportunities to simplify the landscape through rationalisation of legacy data assets, duplicated capabilities and technical debt.
- Define data architecture principles, guardrails, standards and reusable patterns, ensuring alignment to enterprise naming conventions, canonical business definitions and domain boundaries.
- Define and evolve insurance data models and standards across underwriting, policy, claims, finance, actuarial and regulatory use cases.
- Define security, privacy and regulatory requirements for data architecture, including data classification, access control, retention, lineage, metadata and information quality controls.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery teams and solution architects to capture data requirements, shape solution options and communicate risks, issues and trade-offs.
- Partner closely with data engineers and solution teams to ensure architecture designs can be implemented scaled and aligned to modern engineering patterns and best practices.
- Define data integration solutions and source to target mappings between business applications as well as between applications and the data platform, to ensure that data is synchronised promptly as required and remains in line with relevant data models and data quality controls.
- Produce and maintain the reference data catalogue, ensuring that reference data is understood, fit for purpose, aligned with enterprise standards and appropriately versioned and maintained.
Further Relevant Skills and Experience
- Proven track record of delivering data architecture artefacts for a variety of solutions.
- Experience of creating information models for analytical and operational use cases.
- Proficient in modelling and architecture tools such as Erwin and Sparx EA, with the ability to apply sound architecture principles and modelling practices regardless of tooling.
- Strong knowledge of SQL, relational modelling and JSON.
- Strong experience designing data architectures for modern cloud data platforms, including Databricks and Azure.
- Experience defining architecture principles, reusable patterns and guardrails rather than relying solely on tool-specific approaches.
ABOUT US
We offer all employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on their whole wellbeing. This includes hybrid working, a competitive base salary, non-contributory pension, discretionary bonus, insurances including health (family) and dental cover, and many other benefits to enhance financial, physical, social and psychological health.
About Canopius
Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are one of the leading insurers in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market with offices in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Bermuda.
At Canopius we foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables us to bring our whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which delivers profitable, sustainable results.
Based in incredible new offices in the heart of the City of London, Canopius operates a flexible, hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions are recognised, valued and respected.
We are fully committed to equal
employment opportunities for all applicants and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made regardless of age, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religion or beliefs, marital or caring status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage and welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds.
We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Please let us know if you require any information in an alternate format or any other reasonable adjustments.
We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Please let us know if you require any information in an alternate format or any other reasonable adjustments.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2133 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~163k in sampleP25 £46kP75 £82k
£36kmedian £60kgoing rate £55k£100k
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