Enterprise Data Architect — Hybrid Role in Insurance Tech

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Bonus opportunity

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Perkbox discounts

Holiday entitlement

Flexible start times

Social clubs

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Open GI in Worcester is seeking a Data Architect to define and evolve our enterprise data architecture, enabling product strategy, analytics, and company-wide transformation.

You will design data models, establish governance, and guide use of data platforms such as data lakes, Databricks Unity Catalog, and Azure-based solutions, while mentoring data and engineering teams.

This hybrid role requires 2 days per week in our Worcester offices and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of enterprise data architecture patterns and integration approaches.
• Experience with cloud data platforms including Azure and Databricks.
• Advanced data modelling and data governance awareness.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Guide use of data platforms (data lakes, data visualisation, integration buses).
• Enable high-quality data for client-facing products (reporting, AI/ML).
• Co-author data governance practices with the Data Governance Lead: metadata, data quality, lineage, privacy, compliance within Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Review solution designs for architectural alignment and cost-efficient reuse.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and reduce technical debt.
• Mentor data and engineering teams; oversee smooth data migration between platforms.

Skills

Data architecture patterns

Data migration experience

Cloud data platforms

Databricks

Azure

Data modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

Open GI in Worcester is seeking a Data Architect to define and evolve our enterprise data architecture, enabling product strategy, analytics, and company-wide transformation.

You will design data models, establish governance, and guide use of data platforms such as data lakes, Databricks Unity Catalog, and Azure-based solutions, while mentoring data and engineering teams.

This hybrid role requires 2 days per week in our Worcester offices and offers a comprehensive benefits package.