Application Solution Architect

Company:Marsh

Description:

The Corporate Information Solution (CIS) department is seeking a Application Solution Architect to join our team to be based in Mexico office in a hybrid work environment.

What can you expect:

• As an Application Solution Architect within Corporate Information Solutions, you will be responsible for driving/implementing Solution Architecture best practice across our CIS teams
• Reporting to the Head of CIS Shared Services Enterprise Architect, you will provide technical expertise, strategic direction and thought mentorship to our team of global Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Software Engineers enabling them to deliver solutions aligned with our technical strategy.
• You will collaborate with stakeholders across our organization, contributing towards the successful delivery of business goals whilst adhering to technical strategy, driving innovation promoting reuse through effective solution design
• In addition, you will be responsible for managing the technical domain architecture across the CIS application portfolio.

We will count on you to

• Work with our partners to understand business and technology problems or opportunities
• Provide process, guidance and governance on technology obsolescence, component re-use and platform modernization
• Design, document and communicate solution designs that accommodate the Agile Principles of fail fast and provide the resilience necessary to accommodate changing and fluid requirements
• Incorporate reuse, standardization and security-by-design into your solution designs to simplify, secure and accelerate technology delivery
• Be innovative in your design thinking and use your expertise to influence the technology roadmap
• Take your architectural designs through our on boarding processes to ensure they meet standards and conventions
• Participate in architecture reviews as part of Architecture Assurance process
• Provide technical expertise on key initiatives that have a departmental impact (such cloud acceleration program)
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies and best practices in solution architecture
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of problems, a proactive attitude towards learning, and a commitment to acquiring any necessary knowledge to ensure the success of your team.
• Empower the development teams to deliver your architectural designs with a light touch approach
• Be an involved member in our technology community, championing the latest technologies and trends within MMC and the wider industry, sharing your knowledge, successes and learnings with your colleagues
• Bring a shift left mentality, ensuring that automation and efficiencies are enabled through the solution design

What you need to have: 

• Proven experience 8+ years as a solution architect with hands-on experience in solution design
• An expert understanding of solution architecture standards and best practices
• Extensive experience designing solutions and working prototypes that can be rapidly built, tested and deployed using Agile best practices
• Led complex technical design projects and products with many stakeholders
• Excellent relationship building skills, including the ability to influence and collaborate with senior business and technology partners
• Advanced communication skills at all levels, including the ability to convey complex technical strategy and obstacles to senior business and technology partners
• In-depth knowledge of modern software architectures, including microservices, APIs, cloud computing, data insights and modernisation patterns

What makes you stand out:

• Proficient in MEAN stack, Python, or any other middleware technologies
• AWS Cloud (Azure, GCP, OCI is optional)
• Multi Factor Authentication, Single Sign On (OAuth, SAML)
• Containerization / Kubernetes
• Microservice based architecture
• Secure By Design concepts, Secure DevOps, Zero Trust
• Exposure to Big Data / Data Lake / Databrick/LakeHouse/ BI Tools
• Application Performance Monitoring (APM) techniques
• Experience contributing to Open Source projects
• Experience in developer portal/tools or platform architecture and design
• Large language models, AI, ML Ops
• Agile/FinOps
• Recognized document standards (C4, UML, Archimate)

About Marsh:

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The Company’s 85,000 colleagues advise clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $20 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses. Marsh provides data-driven risk advisory services and insurance solutions to commercial and consumer clients. Guy Carpenter develops advanced risk, reinsurance and capital strategies that help clients grow profitably and pursue emerging opportunities. Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations redefine the world of work, reshape retirement and investment outcomes, and unlock health and wellbeing for a changing workforce. Oliver Wyman s serves as a critical strategic, economic and brand advisor to private sector and governmental clients. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating 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, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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. Note: the changes to our hybrid work policy do not apply to officially designated remote workers and are subject to any works council or local legal requirement.