Data Architect

Aviva; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Data Architect to shape the flow of data across the organization. You’ll design information architecture, manage metadata, and work closely with stakeholders. Candidates should have strong experience in data governance and familiarity with tools like AWS and Snowflake. This role offers a competitive salary, remote work options, and generous benefits.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity up to 10%

Generous pension scheme up to 14%

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Medical Benefit

Discounts on Aviva products

Up to £1,200 of Aviva shares per year

Flexible benefits

Supportive wellbeing policies

3 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience in metadata management and data governance.
• Ability to provide actionable business benefits.
• Capable of working collaboratively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern how data flows across the organization.
• Manage master and reference data to ensure consistency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their data needs.

Skills

Designing enterprise-wide information and data models

Data management disciplines

Articulating abstract concepts

Familiarity with AWS

Understanding of data warehousing techniques

Tools

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Redshift, Glue)

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Job description

Data Architect

Salary: National Circa £65,000 and London Circa £85000.

Locations: London, Norwich or York

Do you love shaping how data flows across an organisation?

This role is perfect for someone who’s already made their mark in enterprise data architecture and is ready to take things further.

If you’ve worked with metadata, master data, and data modelling—and you’re excited to help a business make smarter decisions through better data—you’ll thrive here.

Whether you’re based in London, York or Norwich, you’ll be part of a team that’s building something meaningful.

A bit about the job:

We’re looking for a Data Architect who specialises inInformation Architecture. You’ll design and govern how data is structured, understood and flows across Aviva.

You’ll help us manage metadata, master and reference data, and ensure our data assets speak a common language.

This role sits within our Architecture team and supports both operational and analytical data needs—making sure our data is not just stored but used wisely.

You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business, helping them understand and use data effectively. And you’ll bring a pragmatic approach—knowing that perfect data isn’t always possible, but great design and governance can make a big difference.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience designing enterprise-wide information and data models, using organisational and industry standards and leveraging relevant tools and techniques.
• Strong knowledge of data management disciplines at a strategicas well as operational capacity, including experience in metadata management, data governance, and master/reference data management.
• Ability to articulate and illustrate abstract concepts in a clear, concise and relevant manner,whilst linking them to business benefits and actionable steps.
• Familiarity with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Redshift, Glue), Snowflake, and PostgreSQL.
• Understanding of data warehousing and modelling techniques like ER diagrams, Data Vault 2.0 and Kimball.

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.

• Salary: National Circa £65,000 and London Circa £85000 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 - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 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
• Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

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.
• To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here
• We’d love it if you could submit your application online.
• If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi Kanikireddy a call on 02045922145 or send an email to [e-mail]