Business Intelligence Data Architect

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Ipswich
1 month ago
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Business Intelligence Data Architect

Reference: MAY20257722

Expiry date: 2025-05-27 22:59:00.000

Location: Ipswich

Benefits: BUPA medical, Life Assurance, discounted holidays and cruises plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our MyBenefits scheme

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a family-run business that has been offering exceptional cruise experiences for over 170 years. With a fleet of ships that provide intimate, friendly, and immersive voyages, we are committed to delivering world-class service with a personal touch. Join us and be part of a proud heritage that is all about making lasting memories for our guests.

As we continue to grow, we are strengthening our IT department with a Business Intelligence Data Architect in our Ipswich Head Office. This is an exciting and varied position responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the data architecture that underpins our organisation’s business intelligence and analytics platforms. This role plays a key part in ensuring data is accurate, accessible, secure, and structured to support enterprise decision-making, reporting, and performance insights.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Design and implement scalable data architecture to support BI and analytics initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) for BI platforms.
  • Lead the design of data integration strategies, data warehouses, data lakes, and ETL processes.
  • Support migration to cloud-based data platforms and advise on architecture best practices.
  • Oversee the development and optimisation of dashboards, reports, and self-service analytics tools.
  • Developing and enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems, utilising tools such as WhereScape, Azure Synapse, Snowflake, AWS Redshift.
  • Monitoring performance and advising any necessary infrastructure changes, utilising BI tools such as Qlik Sense Cloud, Power BI, or Tableau, as well as the AI, ML, and NL tools available in Fabric. This includes leveraging Azure Machine Learning for predictive analytics.
  • Preparing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
  • Work with stakeholders and business analysts to identify the business requirements and the expected outcome

As the Business Intelligence Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our Business Intelligence strategy and architecture. We are keen to hear from individuals who have proven experience in Business Intelligence/Data Architecture and familiar with BI tools such as Qlik, Power BI, or Tableau. The successful candidate will need to be a strategic thinker with attention to detail and have strong problem-solving and analytical skills. If you're passionate about transforming data into meaningful intelligence and want to play a strategic role in shaping unforgettable guest experiences and driving innovation across the cruise industry, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a permanent Full-Time position working 35 Hours Per Week based at our Head Office (Fred Olsen House, 42 White House Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5LL) offering a hybrid work pattern of 3 days in the office and 2 days at home.

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines offer a wide range of benefits including BUPA medical, Life Assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, discounted holidays and cruises, plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our MyBenefits scheme. Attached to this advert you will find a full job description and details of our Company benefits on offer.

Attached to this advert you will find a full overview of the fantastic benefits we offer, along with a detailed Job Profile for this position.

Our Values:

  • We are caring - “We trust and care for each other, our guests and our environment”
  • We are positive - “We live and share a positive attitude”
  • We are real - “We are always ourselves and respect others”
  • We are a team - “We are more than a team; we are a family”

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.


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