Configuration Engineer - L1 @DARWIN

Company:Mercer

Description:

Configuration Engineers are responsible for creating the business logic that drives Darwin™, using Darwin Configuration Language (DCL*). This functionality sits at multiple configuration levels, as follows:

• System (Global fields, calculations and rules reusable across the system)
• Country (tax systems, reusable calculations across a region e.g. state retirement age in the UK)
• Organization (standardized fields / inputs or calculations reusable across an organization)
• Scheme (benefit funding rules, enrolment periods across a Client’s scheme)
• Benefit templates (cost calculations, validations, and selection options based upon a benefit provider’s products).
• Templates written by Configuration Engineers will be used to standardize and simplify the implementation of Client schemes across the globe. (* The Darwin Configuration Language (DCL) is a proprietary configuration tool developed in Darwin. This is used in Darwin 4.0 to create the basic building blocks of our platform (benefits, client schemes and interfacing). There is no expectation that anyone applying for the role will have any background or prior knowledge of DCL syntax).

THE ROLE & YOUR MISSION

Role profile: Delivering

• Have a good understanding all processes and ways of working in Configuration Engineering
• Be aware of Darwin’s capabilities and limitations
• Create Darwin-wide configuration based on clear specifications, using Darwin Configuration Language
• Interpret and translate business requirements for benefit templates, into technical requirements
• Update / Fix Darwin wide configuration based on change requests / bugs
• Follow the DCL standards in terms of naming and design of the configuration file
• Assist other CEs and Darwin Support teams with the debugging of templates
• Maintain an updated status for tasks, using the available tools (JIRA/Confluence) and meet agreed project deadlines and SLAs
• Produce documentation to reflect the content and available options of released templates, actively contributing to our knowledge base
• Perform medium complexity code and peer reviews
• Create complex reports using DCL and complex Reward Centre layouts
• Identify areas that need improvement and flag them to appropriate Subject Matter Experts

YOUR EXPERIENCE & VALUES

Essential skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English and Romanian languages  Ability to operate independently as well as in a team in a fast-paced, ambiguous, global environment
• Able to prioritize tasks (own and team) and achieve objectives on schedule with high quality and with excellent planning and scheduling skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and work very well in a team
• Knowledge and experience working with basic programing algorithms and notions
• Has a big appetite to learn and improve code writing skills
• Curious about new technologies and excited to find ways to implement them.
• Self-motivated with the ability to produce high quality work without supervision
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with a high attention to details
• Knowledge and experience of data serialisation formats: XML, JSON

Delivery & Project Management:

• Follows and give feedback on processes and ways of working consistently
• Estimates tasks accurately, plans and delegates assignments of work across project members
• Anticipates blockers, identifies dependencies of either product or technical nature and addresses them with the appropriate people
• Has a good level of autonomy - is able to take technical decisions on his own, balance priorities in their area of expertise, aligns with the delivery goals
• End-end delivery and ownership of small to medium sized projects
• Understands business needs and can challenge certain requirements
• Ability to gather, compile and process information from a variety of departments and stakeholders
• Collaborates with other colleagues inside direct responsibilities

Career Growth & Development:

• Follows-up with colleagues who asked for help and need guidance
• Identifies lack of skills / knowledge gaps of colleagues and addresses them in a constructive way
• Gives honest feedback directly when asked about colleagues they work with
• Shares opportunities for improvements and recognizes achievements
• Involved in planning and delivery of Training / Enablement
• Aware of the backlog and actively picks up the next piece of work
• May hire, train, and oversee colleague staff in the department
• May oversee the scheduling, assignments and the daily tasks of colleague staff in the department.
• Becoming a specialist on a certain area Follows-up with colleagues who asked for help and need guidance
   

OUR BENEFITS & CULTURE

• An opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovative company with lots of room for progression and career growth;
• A fail-friendly environment that encourages learning and initiative;
• A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary);
• 30+ days off (25 legal days off , 1 extra day off on your birthday, public holiday replacement days, extra buy/sell from your benefits budget);
• Performance Bonus scheme
• Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge;
• Core benefits - Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance;
• We champion flexible working, and our mission is to help you find YOUR work-life balance, whether that's standard working, flex-time working, or working from home.

As a company we are 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. Our teams will jointly identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which the full team will be together in person. This unwavering policy is carefully crafted to enhance team unity, inspire creativity, and foster meaningful interactions between our colleagues, to help build our culture and local communities.

Founded over 20 years ago, Darwin's main ambition was to change the world of benefits. Fast forward to the present day and it is leading the way as a cornerstone benefits technology product in the Marsh McLennan, (MMC), Tech portfolio. MMC are now building out their EMEA Technology Hub in Cluj, Romania.

MMC is a global professional services firm, headquartered in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting. It comprises the businesses of Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, JLT, Oliver Wyman and Darwin.

The regional hub will contain teams of Application Developers, Business Analysts, Project/Program Managers and other technology roles that require time zone overlap with clients in EMEA. As a regional hub we are equipped to scale our vast technical expertise through a variety of outputs, while helping to unleash our potential as one company, to effectively meet today's emerging challenges through the brilliant technology we build and deliver together.

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 $23 billion and more than 85,000 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 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.