29th January 2026
Systems & Data Architect
Architecture
London
£100,000 - £110,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
Systems & Data Architect
City of London (office based)
£100,000 – £110,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
On behalf of a growing business within the insurance industry, I am seeking an experienced Systems & Data Architect. The role’s broad scope provides exposure to the business, design and development of the systems and data architecture.
The primary purpose of the role is to support the design and ongoing development of the systems and data architecture that support the businesses operations. The candidate must have extensive knowledge of good practice in data management, integration and system design as well as the ability to manage the solution design and implementation of changes. This is a hands-on role with the successful candidate required to make an impact immediately.
The role requires office-based attendance 5 days a week.
Responsibilities:
Systems Architecture:
- Review the existing systems architecture, infrastructure, and data management approaches
- Define the required systems architecture to support the scalable ambitions of the business that meet regulatory, audit and compliance requirements
- Implement a set of must have immediate changes, planning and implemented strategic solutions making sensible decisions based on risk and scalability
- Work closely with the S&D team on design, expectations and delivery
- Ensure solution design is aligned to the business strategy and TFP.
Data Architecture:
- Working closely with TFP, assess the current data architecture
- Design data patterns/pipelines for ingestion, consumption and data quality
- Review existing data security and standards
- Implement required changes aligned to TFP expectations.
Integration:
- Review the existing data integrations including APIs and data processing approaches
- Implement required changes aligned to business strategy in particular growth expectations.
Experience/Skills required:
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience in a similar capacity
- Proven hands-on experience in an insurance or fintech environment
- Strong design and implementation experience
- Experienced in a Microsoft envrionment including Azure, SQL and Power BI.
- Ability to handle a varied workload and competing priorities
- Must be able to design and implement – hands on
- Proven Strategic design experience with attention to detail and desire to be hands on in delivery
- Ability to manage complex short term delivery needs with long term design architecture design.
Consultant - Brendan Connolly
Telephone: 0207 392 7512
Email: brendan.connolly@spencer-rose.com
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