Conferma is a global payment technology company who combine innovation and expertise to push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the world of virtual payments. We were created in 2005 and were more recently acquired by Sabre, with additional investment from Mastercard. Over the past decade, the Conferma ecosystem has grown, enabling us to become the world’s largest payments platform for virtual cards.

We’ve engineered connectivity to over 80 of the world’s best commercial card partners, over 400 travel management companies and over 150 travel technology partners. Every day, our team members work together to make it easier for travellers to connect with people and places. Our teams include passionate people dedicated to providing an environment that encourages partnership, a place where you feel like you belong, and where you are empowered to succeed. We look forward to having you join our journey – and seeing how far we can go, together!

Over the past 18 years, Conferma have digitised the corporate hotel payment workflows by leveraging cards and curating an ecosystem of 80+ Card Issuers, 400+ Travel Management Company 150+ Booking platforms and more recently began evolving non travel B2B payment processes to benefit from optimised payment flows.

Data is core to the Conferma ecosystem and due to Conferma being on significant growth trajectory, we are now looking to bring on a dedicated Data Architect to join the Architecture team to take the Conferma Data Platform to the next level.

The role will be reporting to the Lead Solutions Architect but will have strong ties to the Data Engineering and Devops teams.

Innovation is at the heart of Conferma's identity, and the Data Architect will play a big part of the journey of migrating to Microsoft Azure, taking full advantage of the fantastic tools that Azure has to offer. In light of this, the successful candidate will need strong Azure migration skills.

The Data Architect at Conferma is responsible for:

Data Strategy and Governance

• Designing data models, flow charts and data lineage.
• Documenting and managing the current data platform landscape, including reverse engineering existing database designs
• Setting technical direction for the data platform
• Maintaining data integrity and security
• Developing and implementing a comprehensive data strategy aligned with Conferma's overall business strategy.
• Establishing and enforcing data governance policies to ensure data quality, accuracy, security, and compliance with regulations.

Data Management

• Overseeing the design and implementation of data management frameworks, including data architecture, data modelling, data integration, and data storage.
• Ensuring effective data lifecycle management, covering data acquisition, processing, storage, and disposal.

Data Privacy and Security

• Implementing and enforcing data privacy and security measures to protect sensitive information.
• Ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and standards.

You have:

• Strong Microsoft Azure migration experience, designing solutions to migrate data from traditional SQL databases into a mix of Synapse/Data Lake/Blob storage, along with use of Data Factory. This includes doing a full analysis of the current platform and documenting a full solution design including Advantages and Disadvantages along with migration plans, Risk mitigations and suggested solution.
• Strong experience of optimising databases for OLTP usage where they have previously been a mix of OLTP and OLAP, including index optimisation.
• Significant experience in Data modeling and the implementation of comprehensive data systems and data architectures
• Fintech experience is ideal, but not essential
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycles methodologies (such as agile software development, rapid prototyping, DevOps).
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to deal with senior leadership, stakeholders and executives to build and nurture business relationships.
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Ability to analyse data and make recommendations for improvements and presentation skills to translate this to key stakeholders

Compensation

Base Salary: Up to £85,000 (dependent upon experience)

Bonus available: 10% (performance related)

Benefits at Conferma

At Conferma we understand that our people are what make us great. We have set out to provide a comprehensive benefits package that includes everything you would expect as well as providing flexibility for you and your family.

• A salary sacrifice pension to maximise your contributions
• Life Assurance cover to provide peace of mind
• Enhanced Company sick pay to put your mind at rest
• Single cover private medical scheme, with the flexibility to add family members at your own cost
• 33 days paid annual leave to allow you to focus on what's important to you outside of work
• The ability to purchase up to 10 additional days holiday each year to enable additional time off
• Additional paid time off for life events, such as moving house or getting married
• An additional days leave on or around your birthday
• Enhanced paid parental leave on the birth or adoption of your child
• A confidential Employee Assistance program (EAP) available to all 24/7
• Access a range of fantastic additional rewards, such as Cycle 2Work, Gym Membership, Tech Scheme and discounted shopping and Cinema tickets, via Conferma Rewards.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to ensuring equal opportunity for all. We intend that no job applicant or employee shall receive less favorable treatment, nor be disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which are irrelevant.