Data is the life blood of any modern organisation and Aviva is no different.  The role sits within a team who responsible to the data pipeline that provides Quantum Data Science Practise (covering areas like Machine Learning and AI), Pricing, Financial Crimes, Fraud and Underwriting) with the data they need to provide our customers with the best products.

This is an exciting opportunity within one of our Data Engineering teams for a highly skilled individual to work within our Oracle Cloud environment, which is helping to shape the future of insurance through cutting-edge predictive analytics and Data Science.  The team is part of Aviva’s global Data Science Practise (Quantum) and is recognised as a centre of excellence - providing an Oracle Cloud platform that improves decision making and performance within Aviva.

Aviva is looking to move forward its Data Science capabilities and a key part of that will be the evolution of our Data Assets platform within the Oracle Cloud.  This role will have you leading on the development of various Oracle applications built by the wider Data Engineering Function.

A successful candidate will:

• Ensure all data is delivered in line with SLA

• Ensure that all platform KPIs for Oracle Cloud are met

• Monitor performance and improvement implementation

• Be involved in fault finding and resolution along with system availability reporting

• Support the technical development of team

• Ensure that all governance processes are followed, and controls are maintained

• Contribute during sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups and retrospectives, demonstrate software delivered to stakeholders during sprint retrospectives

• Own the production of relevant technical documentation within the team

• Produce weekly reporting metrics to the Principal Data Engineer

• Manage team members within virtual teams

• Mentor people through technical development to enhance their technical knowledge

• Be a key active member of the Data Engineering leadership team helping to shape strategy

• Run technical governance processes to ensure compliance with standards

• Ensure the platform is full available and performant

• Review the team’s documentation and technical designs

Skills & experience we're looking for:

• Experience of managing an Oracle Cloud environment in a large complex organisation

• Experience of supporting of Oracle Exadata

• Experience of supporting 19c

• Experience of supporting Oracle Apex

• Performance monitoring and improvement

• Experience with GIT

• Strong communication & interpersonal skills

• Strong presentation skills, including the ability to translate analyses to non-technical audiences

• Experience of working in agile teams is required and must possess a willingness to be part of a highly collaborative team and to work closely with the customer

What will you get for this role?

• A salary between £32,000-£42,000 depending on location, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daniela Krol a call on 0121 234 7660 or send an email to daniela.krol@aviva.com 

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.