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Domain Data Modeller
**Domain Data Modeller – Southern Water
Closing Date
2026-07-08
Location
Hybrid – Durrington
Hours
37 hours per week
Contract
Permanent
Salary
Competitive + benefits
About Southern Water
Southern Water is on a major data transformation journey to build a modern, trusted data platform that supports:
- Operational performance
- Regulatory outcomes
- Better decision-making across the business
Data modelling is a core capability within this transformation, underpinning:
- Analytics
- Reporting
- Data products across the organisation
The Role
As a Domain Data Modeller, you will be a key member of a domain-aligned agile squad, responsible for:
- Designing and maintaining scalable, business-aligned data models
- Supporting analytics, reporting, and data products
- Ensuring data models accurately represent business domains
- Aligning with enterprise architecture and governance frameworks
- Maintaining metadata, lineage, and catalogue information
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Enjoys working at the intersection of business and technology
- Shapes how data is structured, governed, and consumed
What You’ll Be Doing
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned to business domains
- Ensuring metadata and lineage are accurately captured and maintained within the enterprise data catalogue
- Translating business requirements into clear, well-structured data models in collaboration with:
- Product Owners
- Delivery teams
- Contributing to solution architecture discussions to ensure scalability and long-term strategy
- Working closely with Data Engineers to validate models against ingestion pipelines and sample data
- Providing high-quality model documentation for downstream development and analytics
- Maintaining data modelling standards and best practices across squads
- Applying change management principles to ensure consistency and traceability of model changes
- Supporting governance and metadata management using recognised data modelling tools
- Capturing and maintaining domain knowledge and model documentation
- Engaging with:
- Architects
- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
- Governance and compliance teams as needed
- Managing and contributing to modelling work within the squad’s agile backlog
- Actively participating in:
- Agile ceremonies
- Backlog refinement
- Sprint planning
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What We’re Looking For
We seek a skilled data modeller with strong technical foundations and collaborative capabilities across both technical and non-technical teams.
Essential Criteria
- Proven experience in domain or enterprise data modelling on large-scale data platforms.
- Strong understanding of:
- Data architecture
- Metadata management
- Data governance
- Experience using data modelling tools such as Erwin or equivalent.
- Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Azure Data Lake, Databricks).
- Experience with data cataloguing and lineage tools.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with:
- Relational modelling
- Dimensional modelling
- The ability to translate complex business concepts into clear data structures.
- Experience working in agile delivery environments, including:
- Jira
- Confluence
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to balance multiple modelling activities across different business domains.
Desirable Technical Knowledge
- Enterprise and business architecture principles.
- Data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA framework).
- Data privacy, classification, and handling principles.
- Change management practices for data models in distributed environments.
- Understanding of how data models support BI (Business Intelligence) and analytics use cases.
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Qualifications
Essential
- Hands-on experience in data modelling projects.
- Experience collaborating with:
- Data engineers
- Analysts
- Business stakeholders
Desirable
- Degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Data Science
- Related discipline
- Relevant certifications such as:
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
- Microsoft Azure Data Engineering certifications
Why Join Us?
- Play a foundational role in shaping Southern Water’s enterprise data architecture.
- Work on meaningful, business-critical data products.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across:
- Technology
- Business
Workplace Benefits
- Hybrid and flexible working options.
- Competitive salary.
- Pension scheme.
- Bonus.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
Organisational Values
Southern Water is driven by the belief that everyone has the power to:
- Positively change society and the environment.
Careers at Southern Water offer:
- Real meaning.
- Huge opportunities for:
- Personal growth
- Professional development
- Constant innovation
We support:
- Doing the right thing.
- Empowering everyone to:
- Play to their strengths.
- Help create a fair and positive future for all.
Our mantra: Water for Life.
Incident Support & Flexibility
At Southern Water, we are committed to 24/7 support to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All employees recognise the importance of out-of-hours incident support, ensuring our customers receive the best service.
By joining the Southern Water team, you become part of our incident support network, committing to help whenever necessary.
Additionally, whilst we cannot accommodate every flexible working request, we are committed to finding practical solutions.
So why not engage with us today to find out more about this impactful opportunity?
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