Data Access Specialist - Immuta

Aviva; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 55,250 - 74,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme

25 days/29 days holiday

Private medical benefit

Discount on Aviva products

Matching Share Plan

Save As You Earn

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Data Access Specialist to advance its data access governance capabilities. The role focuses on transforming RBAC-based controls to ABAC and policy-based approaches across multiple markets, including Bristol, York and Norwich, with 50% office attendance.

You will work with Immuta and other data security tools to enable secure data access, classification, and privacy features while partnering with data owners and engineers to deliver scalable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with data access governance in regulated environments.
• Hands-on use of ABAC/ RBAC and IAM in cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to implement policy-based access controls and data masking.

Responsibilities

• Lead rollout of Immuta-based Data Access Management across Aviva data assets.
• Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and stakeholders to map policy requirements.
• Implement onboarding, proof-of-concepts, embedding and adoption programs.

Skills

Data Access Management concepts

RBAC

ABAC

IAM

Policy-based access

Data sensitivity handling

Tools

Immuta

Microsoft Purview

Apache Ranger

Privacera

Collibra Protect

GCP Cloud DLP

Snowflake

Databricks

PostgreSQL

Azure Entra ID

Job description

Data Access Specialist - Immuta

Starting Salary: c. £65,000 Depending on skills and experience

Locations: Bristol, York or Norwich with 50% office attendance

Are you someone who loves solving identity and data access management challenges in a complex data environment?

This is an exciting opportunity to influence a strategic new capability at scale, working with supportive colleagues across multiple business lines. It is perfect for a data professional who thrives on building trusted relationships, collaborating across business lines, and shaping modern Enterprise Data Management capabilities.

A bit about the job:

We’re looking for a T-shaped Data Management Specialist with deep hands‑on experience and subject matter expertise in Data Access Governance and Privacy‑enabling tooling, to help drive the rollout of our Data Access Management solution across our Markets and Functions and help us transform traditional RBAC‑based data access solutions into smart ABAC and Policy‑based solutions.

The ideal candidate will be passionate and skilled in Identity, Policy and Data Access Governance with a strong background in data management, data classification and real understanding of underlying physical data on which IAM, RBAC and ABAC‑based frameworks are applied. You will help shape standards and best practices for embedding, enabling and implementing best‑in‑class Data Access solution into the Aviva group.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong experience of Data Access Management concepts including RBAC, ABAC, PAM and IAM in a regulated environment such as Insurance, Financial Services, Clinical or Life Science sectors.
• Strong hands‑on understanding and experience of applying data sensitivity, tagged classification, data privacy, PII masking, row/column‑level security, Purpose‑based access, and how these controls are applied to data in modern Cloud‑based platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure or GCP. This will be underpinned by solid knowledge of Azure Entra ID and key DBMS technologies, preferably Snowflake or PostgreSQL, and a working proficiency of SQL.
• Practical application of Data Access Management and Governance in tooling such as Immuta (strongly preferred), Microsoft Purview, Apache Ranger, Privacera, Collibra Protect or GCP Cloud DLP, with experience of native access and masking controls in Snowflake or Databricks.
• Ability to credibly collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, data owners, CISO, privacy, and business users to convert policy and purpose‑based access requirements into scalable, auditable, and practical access outcomes.
• Capable to support rollout, onboarding, proof‑of‑concepts, embedding, user enablement and adoption of Immuta‑based Data Access Management and Governance across data producers, consumers, platform teams, risk, privacy, and governance stakeholders.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary c. £65,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.)
• Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 25 days/29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva‑funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further – Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week – combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.