Senior Data Architect Position in Halifax Office

2 days ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Covéa Insurance Group Full time

About Covéa Insurance Group

Covéa Insurance Group is a leading insurance company that offers a wide range of home, motor, and commercial insurance policies to its customers. Our mission is to provide excellent customer service and help protect our customers against unexpected events.

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Data Architect to join our architecture team in the Halifax office. This role will involve designing data structures, integrations, and architecture patterns aligned with business needs and strategy for rapid solution delivery.

The ideal candidate will have a background in Financial Services or Insurance and be able to work collaboratively with service, engineering, and delivery colleagues to support the implementation of significant technology programmes.

This is a hybrid role, which means you will spend some time working from home and some time in the office. We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including annual pay reviews, performance-related bonuses, and generous pension schemes.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Designing data structures, integrations, and architecture patterns aligned with business needs and strategy
  • Acting as the design authority and ensuring adherence to architecture standards and the Target Architecture
  • Contributing to the development of the Target Architecture and supporting high-profile, complex projects
  • Developing or leveraging subject matter expertise to support design and architecture efforts
  • Driving solution adoption by building consensus, supporting delivery teams, and resolving constraints
  • Ensuring project architecture meets business objectives, technical requirements, and agreed-upon customer requirements
  • Operating within governance processes and ensuring architecture deliverables address design challenges and comply with roadmaps, standards, and principles

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Expertise in designing data-centric solutions at conceptual, logical, and physical levels
  • Skills in data analysis, modeling, and maintaining enterprise and solution-level data models
  • Proficiency with structured and unstructured data, and experience with relational and graph databases
  • Knowledge of cloud and on-prem Data Warehouse, Data Lake, and Lakehouse architectures
  • Understanding of cloud architecture, operations, automation, and cost management – some cloud/data architect certifications (AWS and Azure) preferred
  • Experience communicating complex ideas to non-technical audiences and collaboration with stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to identify and address complex business challenges and opportunities across information, people, processes, and technology
  • Customer-focused and commercially astute, with a drive to enhance the customer experience and present strategic concepts in a business context
  • Excellent communication skills and a strong team player, with experience in a fast-paced, multi-channel organisation, ideally in the finance sector

Benefits:

  • Estimated salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum
  • Annual pay review and performance-related bonus of 12.5%
  • 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the option to buy/sell holidays
  • Generous pension scheme with a 7.5% minimum employer pension contribution, matched up to a maximum of 9% depending on your contribution
  • A range of health benefits, including company-funded Private Medical Insurance, an annual health assessment, and access to a 24/7 Virtual GP
  • Tusker Car Scheme - salary sacrifice scheme which lets you drive away a brand new, fully maintained and insured car for up to four years
  • A wealth of support for your mental, financial, and physical wellbeing through our Wellbeing group
  • Continued professional development through internal training programmes, professional qualifications, and apprenticeships
  • Additional benefits, such as discounted gym memberships, cycle to work schemes, and discounts at lots of retailers through Perkpal

Our Mission:

We are committed to creating a workplace that is inclusive and supports the well-being of all employees. As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our recruitment process is fair for all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments or wish to discuss your application, please contact us.

About Us:

Covéa Insurance Group is a dynamic and innovative company that values its employees. We believe in providing a positive and supportive work environment that allows our staff to thrive and develop their skills. When it comes to working for us, our employees often say that it's pleasantly different from what they expected



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