Company:

MMC Corporate

Description:

Marsh McLennan, the world's leading professional services firm in risk, strategy and people, is looking for a “Lead Solution Architect for Innovation & Services” to join the Global Technology Engineering & Enterprise Architecture team (TE2A).

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Solution Architect to join our newly formed strategic cutting-edge Innovation Center and Business & Client Service teams. In this role, we will rely on you to provide visionary technical leadership ensuring the best approaches (both AI and traditional) are being leveraged as well as always being on the lookout for how we can apply new technologies or techniques to drive excellence and further accelerate our development. This is a senior-level individual contributor role bringing ideas into reality with our agile teams. The ideal candidate will be deeply technical, have a proven track record of delivery, architecture guidance and the ability to find effective solutions to complex challenges.

The Technology Engineering & Enterprise Architecture (TE2A) group is responsible for leading the development and maintenance of business aligned technical strategies that reduce technical debt, accelerate delivery and drive innovation across the entire Enterprise.

This is a great opportunity for you to work in a central organisation close to senior leadership where your decisions impact the whole company. You will be helping to shape & implement our ambitious goals of providing meaningful solutions which systematically reduce the cost of development, accelerates delivery of business benefits whilst simplifying our technical landscape.

What can you expect:

As a member of the Global Technology Engineering & Enterprise Architecture team (TE2A), you will join a group of highly experienced senior individuals who provide technical leadership, establish designs and deliver the best solution approaches collaboratively with teams. This highly selective group is now further enriching its effectiveness with the introduction of the “Lead Solution Architect for Innovation & Services” role.

We will count on you to:

Provide Technical Leadership for numerous agile dev teams.
Partner with Technical Leaders across Innovation and the Business.
Develop the overall architecture of applications and shared components.
Ensure the best approach/technology is being leveraged.
Incorporate reuse, standardisation and security-by-design into your solution designs to simplify, secure and accelerate technology delivery.
Ensure alignment with Enterprise Technical Strategy and Standards.
Work with the agile teams to ensure the implementation aligns with the Design.
Support diagnosis of incidents and problem management.
Provide architectural direction and ongoing guidance throughout the full agile lifecycle.
Leverage strategic or emerging technologies.

What you need to have:

Passion for technology and always looking to understand the next big thing.
5+ years’ Application or Solution Architecture experience designing cloud-based applications and microservices.
Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology (or similar working experience).
Extensive software development experience (Node, Python, .Net, Mongo, SQL, React, Angular, Kubernetes, Serverless).
Strong foundation in Cloud core concepts and Modern Development approaches.
Delivery focused approach and an appetite for change.
REST API and Shared Services Principles.
Ability to operate at scale and with senior stakeholders.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to work collaboratively with technical peers across MMC.
Strong technical background and can engage in deep technical discussions, effectively summarise, and contribute.
Ability to create designs using UML and standard Architectural notations.
Agile/Scrum Experience.

What makes you stand out:

Robust AI/ML Experience.
Deep technical background.
Drive for excellence and thirst for knowledge.
Proven track record architecting, developing and delivering large scale global production solutions.
Excellent written English and can convey complex concepts in easy to understand visually pleasing presentations.
Experience with regulated environments, systems security, and privacy.

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can collaborate with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities.
Mentorship & Career Growth within a large, progressive, global organisation.
Work/Life Harmony.
Inclusive Team Culture.

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Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com to discuss any specific needs.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

Lead Solution Architect for Innovation & Services

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