Azure Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect – Azure Databricks / Azure Data Factory For London Market Insurance

Location: London

About the Job you are considering:

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect with strong expertise in Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Delta Lake, data modelling, data governance, and cloud data architecture, along with domain experience in London Market Insurance.
The candidate will be responsible for defining and delivering scalable data architecture solutions for insurance transformation programmes covering underwriting, claims, policy administration, bordereaux, delegated authority, premium processing, regulatory reporting, reinsurance, analytics, and data migration.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on architecture experience in Azure-based data platforms and should be able to work closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, solution architects, data engineers, insurance SMEs, vendors, and delivery teams

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

        Key Responsibility:

• Design end-to-end Azure data architecture using Databricks, ADF, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Synapse & Power BI
• Build scalable Lakehouse (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and data pipelines (batch, real-time, API-based)
• Define data models, ingestion frameworks, governance, security, and data quality standards
• Lead architecture, documentation, and design reviews for data platforms
• Collaborate with business, insurance SMEs, and technical teams to translate requirements
• into solutions
• Drive cloud migration, data modernization, and performance optimization initiatives
• Provide architectural guidance and ensure best practices across engineering teams

Mandatory Skills

• Strong experience as Data Architect with Azure Databricks & ADF
• Expertise in Lakehouse, Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2, ETL/ELT pipelines
• Proficient in PySpark, SQL, Python, and data modelling (dimensional & enterprise)
• Experience in data governance, lineage, security (RBAC, Key Vault, ACLs)
• Hands-on CI/CD, DevOps (Azure DevOps, Git, IaC tools)
• Strong stakeholder management and architecture leadership skills

Domain Expertise (Preferred)

• London Market Insurance (policy, claims, premium, bordereaux, reinsurance, exposure, regulatory reporting)
• Understanding of insurance data flows, underwriting, and reporting

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
•  Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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