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Data Architect
About The Job
We are pleased to present an exciting opportunity for a Data Architect to join our Data Architecture TSG team. This role is offered as a Full-Time Employee with the benefit of hybrid working arrangements.
Who We Are
Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK’s largest and longest-established pension funds.
Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and a unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.
The Role
The core purpose of the Data Architect role is to provide architectural leadership across Railpen’s data ecosystem, shaping the design, governance, and evolution of data platforms supporting Member Services, Finance, and Pension Investment Management (PIM).
Key responsibilities include:
- Defining and governing enterprise data architecture standards, including modelling approaches, integration patterns, and platform design
- Ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to Railpen’s wider technology and AI strategy
- Working with investment data capabilities, requiring comfort with concepts such as securities, holdings, prices, transactions, valuations, benchmarks, performance, risk or reference data
- Translating business requirements into robust, scalable data models and platform designs
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This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
The Person
We are looking for a hands-on Data Architect who can design practical, business-focused data solutions and work confidently with both technical and business stakeholders.
Key Skills & Experience
You should have:
- Strong hands-on experience with MS SQL Server 2016+ and Microsoft Fabric, or similar modern data platforms
- Proven experience designing data models for reporting, analytics, data warehousing or operational use
- Good understanding of investment management data, including securities, holdings, prices, transactions, valuations, benchmarks, performance, risk or reference data
- Experience designing data solutions that support investment operations, investment reporting, analytics or regulatory requirements
- Data integration, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and platform design expertise
- Ability to work with business stakeholders, engineers, and delivery teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
- Attention to detail, with a focus on high-quality, maintainable solutions
- Beneficial exposure to Python, Azure Data Factory, or the wider Microsoft data stack
- A collaborative mindset aligned to integrity, community, and constructive challenge
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What We Can Offer You
Reward
- Competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Generous annual bonus plan
- Railways Pension Scheme membership (Defined Contributions scheme, with lifetime pension and retirement lump sum)
- Life Assurance cover
- Colleague referral scheme
Health & Wellbeing
- Employee assistance programme
- Health cash plan
- Eye care vouchers
- Flu vaccination
Lifestyle
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Buy and sell holidays
- Give as you earn scheme
- Paid volunteering days
- Flexible half-day leave
- Electric vehicle leasing
- Cycle to work scheme
Application Deadline: 5pm, 14th July 2026.
Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and values diversity, welcoming people from all backgrounds.
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