Data Architect

DATA ARCHITECT

Salary: £60,800 - £72,960 dependent on skills and experience

12-month Fixed Term Contract

Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham) – Currently 1-2 days in the office per week

Closing Date: 29th August 2025

As a proud mutual since 1841, Wesleyan is committed to creating brighter financial futures for our customers and members. We specialise in providing financial services to some of the nation’s most trusted professions: GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers. To find out more about what we do, visit our website: https://www.wesleyan.co.uk/about

We are proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign which means we are open to discuss flexible working, job shares and part time options.

Your role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Architect to join us on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. Primarily you will be designing solutions on our strategic platform and guiding data engineering in their development as we extend the data provision for the enterprise reporting and analysis. The role is responsible for supporting the company's business transformation strategy to ensure the advanced line of business systems provide good data solutions that are aligned with the common data model and drive the consolidation and simplification across the business platforms by maintaining the data architecture and models. This role is key to achieving success within our Data Excellence pillar of our Data Strategy which has a primary objective of getting the right data, to the right people, at the right time by developing our flexible data architecture.

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for the development, documentation and maintenance of the Wesleyan corporate data model, data principles and associated documentation that meets the needs of the Society based on its strategy and goals.
• Working with data management to create conformed data assets including the dictionaries and data lineages to support the information architecture to manage data changes and maintain data lineage across the Group.
• Provide data design, analysis advice and guidance for the development and operation of new and existing business solutions.
• Bridge the work of the data centre of excellence with the architecture teams to ensure common design and correct solutions.
• Lead and provide advice on the data activities across multiple projects, including small teams where necessary.
• Ensure the architecture and data governance functions work in collaboration with key stakeholders to create commonality of information across the group.

We’re looking for:

• Proven track record of working with data colleagues who operate in specialist functions such as Data Engineering, Architecture, Governance and Quality
• Expertise in Data Model design, data mapping, data architecture and data mastering
• Expertise in dimensional modelling
• Good knowledge of warehouse implementation
• Sound knowledge of common data formats e.g. XML, JSON, etc.
• Sound knowledge of common data integration e.g. API’s, GraphQL, etc.
• Experience of implementing data lakes, data hubs and operational data stores
• Good understanding of Reference and Master data management
• Ability to identify and own the data architecture from high level solution design across a large programme
• Proactive in identifying and owning issues, liaising with Architects in other disciplines and business colleagues to identify solutions
• Ability to proactively identify opportunities to improve data solution architecture to ensure efficiency and quality and drive outstanding customer experience for end users
• Knowledge and experience of developing an enterprise data platform on Azure
• Hands on experience working with cloud platforms (Azure desirable)
• Familiar working within the scrum agile methodology desirable

Benefits:

• Annual Performance based Bonus – based on a mixture of company and personal performance
• 28 days annual leave (plus 1 additional “culture day” & bank holidays) – increases to 30 days with 5 years’ service
• Company pension scheme - matched plus 2% (up to 10%)
• Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (available on weekends for personal use – subject to availability)
• Cashback and discounts on major brands in retail, leisure, health, and wellbeing
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• 2 volunteering days per year

To find out more about some of the great benefits Wesleyan offer, visit our careers page: https://careers.wesleyan.co.uk/applicantPortal/rewards

What to know before applying:

Equal Opportunities: Wesleyan are an equal opportunities employer. We know the best teams are made up of inclusive groups of diverse people where everyone’s contribution counts, and we believe everyone has the right to proudly be themselves. We’re building a culture where difference is actively encouraged and simply recruit the best people for the job irrespective of lifestyle, life history and life choices.

Reasonable Adjustments: We understand that there are a wide range of reasons that you may require reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process- please let us know in your application how we can best support you.

VISA Sponsorship: We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK – within our recruitment process you will be asked to provide evidence of your Right to Work.

Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks, though we reserve the right to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications; we would therefore recommend an early application if you’d like to be considered for our opportunities.

Regulatory Requirements: Please note this is role is subject to regulatory requirements. As a financial services organisation we are committed to adopting the highest standards and we do this by employing individuals with the appropriate skills, experience and integrity to protect the Wesleyan Group and our customers. Relevant checks and assessments will be carried out during the recruitment process. The nature of the checks will depend on whether the role is subject to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) or the Insurance Distribution Directive Please note a criminal record check and credit check will apply and this role is also subject to ongoing checks in line with the Group SMCR Framework (Fit & Proper Policy).