Technical Data Specialist

Responsibilities: 

• Technical: Strong hands on skills that can be leveraged directly in the deliverable and/or ensuring that their team is effectively working.
• Commercial: passionate about solving problems, enjoy connecting the dots between data, strategy and analytics, obsess with generating tangible benefits and high performance.
• Leadership: Strong influencing skills and experience with a track record of empowering people to execute efficiently towards a common and understood goal.
• Organization: successfully juggle multiple, competing priorities and coordinate multiple tasks to ensure that work output from others is delivered on-time and accurately while operating in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment.
• Communication: Advanced verbal and written communications skills, as well as active listening, along with teamwork and presentation are essential.
• Must communicate clearly, effectively, and concisely, both verbally and in written form.
• 10+ years of experience and in-depth knowledge of data delivery and associated architecture principles, data modelling concepts, ETL procedures, and all steps of data production process using DevOps concepts.
• Prior experience in insurance and/or reinsurance in support of specialty lines is a plus.
• Extensive hands on experience in SQL, Python, Data Integration/Ingestion and associated patterns using Databricks, ADF, Notebooks etc.
• Experience in developing and supporting Delta Lakes using concepts such as medallion architecture and dimension concepts
• Working with Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud versions of databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience with Agile delivery frameworks/methodologies (e.g. Scrum, SAFe) and tools (i.e. Jira, AzureDevOps).
• Demonstrate a proven track record of having implemented solutions using one or more agile methodologies in conjunction with a large system integration partner.
• Experience with mass ingestion capabilities and cloud process flows, data quality and master data management 
• Understanding data related security challenges and tooling with specific technologies (e.g. Databricks)
• Experience in migrating data and associated systems from on-prem to Cloud environments
• Consulting and collaborative working style creating a culture of accountability and sharing.
• Knowledge of advanced analytics (models, tools, etc.) and their operational support is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication coupled with negotiation skills.
• Ability to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
• Lloyds/Company Market (re)insurance experience with a good knowledge of products and markets

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!