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Contract Data Architect (Insurance & Pensions)

📢 URGENT REQUIREMENT
Interviews taking place immediately with a view to commencing Monday 27th July.

Location: Fully Remote (occasional travel to London)
Contract Length: 6 Months Initial Contract
Day Rate: £600-£650 per day
Engagement: Outside IR35
Start Date: Monday 27th July

Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead discovery, assessment and technical design activities for large-scale data modernisation programmes.
* Define conceptual architectures, logical data models and detailed low-level designs (LLDs).
* Design target-state Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, including Bronze, Silver and curated data product layers.
* Develop migration strategies for transitioning legacy and mainframe-based datasets into modern cloud-native platforms.
* Define data ingestion, profiling, mapping, validation, reconciliation and governance processes.
* Produce canonical data models across policy, member, scheme, contribution, benefit, payment, adjustment and reporting domains.
* Design scalable API and microservices-based integration patterns.
* Establish data quality, reconciliation and control frameworks to support regulatory and operational reporting.
* Produce architecture artefacts including:

* Solution designs
* Data models
* Source-to-target mappings
* API specifications
* Security models
* Migration plans
* Runbooks

* Work closely with engineering, platform, security and operations teams to ensure solutions are scalable, secure and production-ready.
* Provide architectural leadership and engage with stakeholders at all levels across business and technology functions.

Essential Experience

* Extensive experience as a Data Architect within insurance or pensions.
* Strong understanding of insurance and pension data domains.
* Proven delivery of enterprise-scale data architecture and modernisation programmes.
* Experience designing modern cloud-native data platforms.
* Strong knowledge of Lakehouse and Medallion architecture patterns.
* Experience migrating legacy, on-premise or mainframe data platforms into cloud environments.
* Ability to create conceptual architecture, logical data models and detailed LLDs.
* Strong understanding of enterprise data modelling and canonical data structures.
* Experience designing API-led and microservices architectures.
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
* Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, reconciliation and regulatory reporting requirements.

Highly Desirable

* Experience with:

* Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA)
* Pension Risk Transfer
* Actuarial Reporting
* Scheme Administration Data
* Regulatory Reporting
* Operational Analytics

* Experience within highly regulated financial services environments.
* Exposure to enterprise data engineering and cloud transformation initiatives.

Key Skills

* Data Architecture
* Insurance & Pensions
* Data Modernisation
* Cloud Data Platforms
* Lakehouse Architecture
* Medallion Architecture
* Data Modelling
* Legacy/Mainframe Migration
* Conceptual Architecture
* Low-Level Design (LLD)
* APIs & Microservices
* Data Governance
* Data Quality & Reconciliation
* Stakeholder Management
* Solution Design

Contract Fabric Architect - Azure Microsoft Fabric £400/Day Inside IR35 - Immediate Start - SC Required

Please note - this is a fully remote role. You must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role - this organisation is not able to offer sponsorship. Security Clearance is Required.



About the Company

We are working with a leading global technology consultancy delivering large-scale cloud, data, and digital transformation projects for well-known organisations.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies within a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

The Role

As the Lead Technical Architect, you'll define the technical vision for a large-scale Microsoft Azure Fabric data platform. You'll lead the architecture across data, infrastructure, security, and DevOps, guiding technical decisions and ensuring the platform is scalable, secure, and built to support long-term business needs.

Key Responsibilities



* Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for a large-scale Microsoft Azure Fabric data platform.
* Lead architectural design across data, infrastructure, DevOps, security, and governance.
* Establish and govern architecture standards, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions.
* Provide technical leadership and guidance to architects and engineering teams throughout the programme.
* Collaborate with senior stakeholders to shape the platform strategy and long-term technology road-map.
* Review and approve high and low-level solution designs, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
* Promote best practices across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, security, and cloud architecture to deliver robust enterprise solutions.

About You

You will be an experienced Lead Technical Architect with a passion for designing and delivering large-scale cloud data platforms. You'll have extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure Fabric and Azure technologies, enjoy shaping technical strategy and architecture, and thrive in a leadership role where you can influence stakeholders and deliver secure, scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.

Key Requirements

* Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure Fabric solutions.
* Strong expertise across Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, ADLS Gen2, and OneLake.
* Proven experience defining cloud architecture, governance, security, and scalable data platform solutions.
* Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview, Azure security, and enterprise architecture best practices.
* Experience producing and reviewing High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business leaders.
* Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) certification is highly desirable.

What's on Offer

* Day Rate: £400.00 (Inside IR35)
* Remote Role with occasional travel to DWP offices in Leeds, London and Sheffield as required.
* Opportunity to lead the architecture of a large-scale Microsoft azure fabric transformation programme.
* The opportunity to work on a high profile enterprise cloud data platform with significant strategic impact

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to lead the technical architecture for a high-profile Microsoft Azure Fabric transformation within one of the UK's largest government programmes. You'll shape the future of a large-scale enterprise data platform, work alongside senior technical leaders, and influence key architectural decisions that will have a lasting impact. With a long-term contract, hybrid flexibility, and the opportunity to work on a strategic cloud transformation programme, this is an outstanding role for an experienced Technical Architect.



To apply for this role please submit your CV or contact Alessandro Hood on 01913387599 or at a.hood@tenthrevolution.com.

Tenth Revolution Group are the go-to recruiter for Data & AI roles in the UK offering more opportunities across the country than any other recruitment agency. We're the proud sponsor and supporter of SQLBits, Power Platform World Tour, and the London Fabric User Group. We are the global leaders in Data & AI recruitment.

Job Title: Enterprise Data Architecture & Governance Lead (Contract)

Engagement Type: Fixed-term contract, Outside IR35
Reports To: Chief Technology Officer

About the Role

The business has built strong foundations for enterprise data: the function structure, a growing canonical data model, and a live platform estate. This engagement turns that design work into operating reality, establishing enterprise data as a core, permanently owned capability underpinning AI, analytics, billing, reporting and decision-making.

With the architecture lead who shaped the foundation moving on, this is the moment to launch the governance structure, build out existing design patterns, and hand the result to permanent leadership. The engagement is time bound, with handover planned backwards from a fixed end date.

Key Responsibilities

A scalable, governed function - Establish accountable ownership of data with real authority. Make the operating model scalable enough to absorb new domains, systems and acquisitions. Leave the function able to evidence control on demand.

Governance - Design and launch the governance framework: ownership, stewardship, lineage, quality standards and enforcing controls. Build the evidence base so the function can demonstrate control rather than assert it. Tie data quality to commercial outcomes such as billing accuracy and revenue assurance. Prove adoption in priority areas with named, bought in owners and delivered training.

Architecture - Extend the canonical data model to remaining priority domains. Deepen mastering and target-state definitions where gaps remain. Ensure the architecture scales through continued M&A integration. Capture the outgoing architecture lead's knowledge before departure. Provide senior direction on build-out work, transitioning it to the incoming permanent lead. Produce a prioritised roadmap sequenced by business benefit.

Platform FinOps - Establish the FinOps model for in-life platform decisions, managing cost against value. For the core analytics platform, deliver this jointly with the team who own and operate it.

Working with the Data Analytics team - Consult throughout the engagement via the Technical Design Authority's existing gates. Ensure governance and architecture support, rather than obstruct, the team as primary platform users.

Investment case - Cost and justify the build-out and permanent run cost, including the permanent operating model and run team, so the case funds the destination, not just the build.

Recruitment and handover - Define and run recruitment for two permanent leadership roles, including onboarding. Structure handover so permanent leadership can operate independently by the end of the engagement. Deliver documented architecture and governance, a live evidence base, and a written statement of what is complete versus what must be maintained.

Deliverables

A scalable, governed enterprise data function established as a permanent capability. A prioritised roadmap to fortify existing structures. A live governance framework with a demonstrable evidence base. Extended canonical model and operationalised definitions. A platform FinOps model. A defined working model with the Data Analytics team. A costed investment case. Two permanent leadership roles recruited and onboarded. A structured handover within the fixed term.

Out of Scope

Function design, foundational architecture and platform selection, all already in place. Ongoing operation of the function and standing board representation, which sit with permanent leadership once appointed.

Candidate Profile

Proven track record designing and launching enterprise data governance frameworks in a large, complex organisation. Strong enterprise data architecture background, ideally including canonical or mastering data models and lakehouse or medallion architectures. Experience building investment cases and securing funding for permanent data capabilities. Comfortable working through an existing design authority and governance structure. Experience defining and hiring into permanent leadership roles, with a clear focus on structured, time-bound handover. Strong stakeholder management skills at CTO level. Background in regulated, billing-sensitive or M&A-active environments is an advantage.