Data Architect

Healthy animals and happy owners – that’s the goal. We are IVC Evidensia, on a mission to build the world’s best veterinary group by investing in people, premises, and processes to deliver outstanding care across 2,500 locations globally.

Main Purpose of Role: IVC Evidensia is undergoing an exciting digital transformation. Key to this is to improve the management of our core data sets, bringing data from disparate systems together to improve management information reporting, underpin AI initiatives and enrich the experience of our clients and patients. This is a key role within IVC Evidensia’s Business Systems team. Working alongside Infrastructure (which includes the Office 365 team) and Service Operations, Business Systems defines and delivers enterprise IT services, from the software used by vets in clinics through to data warehousing and analytics.

As such, the team covers a mix of development (Visual Studio, Power Platform, SQL) and governance (project management, business analyst, product owner) skillsets. Technically, the Data Architect will be expected to fulfil many of the tasks traditionally covered by a DBA role in a cloud infrastructure environment. We primarily rely on Microsoft products, so experience of Microsoft SQL server and its variants in Azure will be central to the role.

In addition, acting as the domain Enterprise Architect, the Data Architect will be the technical authority accountable for defining and implementing our strategy for growing our data warehouse and BI capability. As such, the role holder will be expected to drive alignment between our data strategy and business goals. The Data Architect will work closely with our user community and will interact with the IVC Evidensia leadership team to ensure our reporting architecture meets their needs. This is a non-managerial role with no direct budget/cost centre or people management accountability. This is a hybrid working role, with the expectation you’d split time between working in our Keynsham office once per week & working from home.

Responsibilities: The Data Architect will be the authority accountable for the overarching design and future direction of the technologies that underpin our data management strategy. The Data Architect will be expected to have significant gravitas, across all operating countries in the Group, in defining common approaches and creating the mandates necessary to deliver them. We’d expect this role to spend time acting ‘hands on’ and will be expert at applying the technologies set out in the over-arching strategy. Additionally, as part of the wider Business Systems team, the Data Architect should expect to provide technical leadership to teams working with neighboring technologies, most notably Microsoft’s Power Platform and Azure infrastructure.

• Experience across Microsoft Azure cloud platform = DataBricks / Spark
• The administration of database systems, primarily Microsoft SQL Server.
• Data Warehousing / Data Lakes / Master Data Management / Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data Governance.
• The use of REST APIs, JSON and ETL technologies/protocols for moving data between systems.
• Scripting tools and experience with programming/development in Visual Studio/Python.
• Some exposure to business intelligence tools, such as Microsoft PowerBI, would be helpful.
• Adept in the use of enterprise architecture and data modelling frameworks to develop artefacts that represent and support the management of a complex, divergent, data environment.
• Experienced in setting and driving delivery of a data strategy, considering business goals, technical merit and commercial impacts.

What We Offer: At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from:

• Work-life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free Parking available at Head Office

At IVC Evidensia we are committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging. We are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

IVC Evidensia UK IVC Evidensia, The Chocolate Factory, Keynsham, BS31 2AU, United Kingdom

Any questions before applying? Speak to Jake Nicholls from our recruitment team who would be happy to help you with any questions you have before applying for this role.