SPERTON - Where Great People Meet

Data Architect

SPERTON - Where Great People Meet  •  London, GB (Hybrid)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Location: London (UK)
Work Model: Hybrid (2–3 days per week onsite at the customer office)
Language: English

Assignment Description

Are you an experienced Data Architect with strong expertise in Azure Data Platform and the Insurance domain? We are looking for a highly skilled consultant who wants to contribute to large-scale data transformation initiatives and help organizations build modern, scalable, and secure data platforms.

This assignment offers the opportunity to shape enterprise data architecture, support analytics and digital transformation programs, and collaborate with both business and technology stakeholders. If you enjoy solving complex data challenges, defining future-ready architectures, and translating business requirements into effective technical solutions, we would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Define and design end-to-end enterprise data architecture for Insurance use cases.

  • Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned with business requirements.

  • Design modern data platforms, including Data Lake, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouse solutions.

  • Establish data integration patterns, ETL/ELT frameworks, and data pipelines.

  • Design and implement solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Databricks.

  • Contribute to enterprise data strategy and roadmap development.

  • Establish and maintain data governance, data quality, and metadata management frameworks.

  • Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance to implementation teams.

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, program managers, and engineering teams.

  • Present architectural solutions and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

  • 10–15+ years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in Data Architecture roles.

  • Strong experience within the Insurance domain (Life, P&C, or Reinsurance).

  • Proven expertise in Azure Data Platform technologies.

  • Experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), and Azure Databricks.

  • Experience with Power BI or equivalent BI tools.

  • Strong understanding of Data Warehousing and Lakehouse Architecture.

  • Experience with ETL/ELT design patterns and data integration frameworks.

  • Experience with data modeling methodologies such as Kimball, Inmon, or Data Vault.

  • Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.

  • Understanding of Insurance regulations and compliance requirements, including IFRS 17, Solvency II, and GDPR.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

About Sperton

Sperton is a global recruitment and consulting company with offices across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. We help organizations find and manage top talent across borders, delivering fast, flexible, and compliant solutions within recruitment, consulting services, and global mobility.

SPERTON - Where Great People Meet

About SPERTON - Where Great People Meet

SPERTON is a full-range provider of Global Recruitment, People Management, Global Mobility and Business support services within focused industry sectors. Our head office is located in Norway. We have over 20 years’ of experience supporting clients within the Human Resources area. We can support you globally through our own companies and partners in more than 140 countries.

Sperton had been specializing in the supply of the very best freelance and permanent white-collar professionals working with projects. We provide consultant and recruitment services to companies of all types and sizes, including consultancies, contractors, sub-contractors, developers and end clients operating across a wide range of projects and environments.

Now our services also include People Management, Global Mobility and Business Support Services.

Legal entity set-up, payroll services, HR administration, compliance, and insurance provision, cultural awareness training, and mobility support – everything needed to work compliantly with local legislation and regulations in different countries.

With over 20 years of global experience within project execution, we understand your challenges and know how to support you from the start to the end of the project.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Drammen, NO
Year Founded
Unknown
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