Senior Solutions Architect

US012 Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services provider in Birmingham seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to lead collaborative efforts in designing innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in software development, cloud platforms, and architectural standards. The role includes mentoring teams and driving technology solutions that align with business objectives. The company offers generous benefits, including remote work opportunities and professional development.

Benefits

Generous time off, including personal and volunteering

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Charitable contribution match programs

Stock purchase opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to design solutions and communicate them through diagrams.
• Evaluate new technologies and frameworks for business problems.
• Experience with SDLC and lifecycle implementations.
• Communicate with business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience with technology stacks and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with technology and business partners.
• Generate and provide feedback on architectural documents.
• Mentor and empower teams in architectural standards.
• Stay updated with latest technologies and evaluate vendor products.
• Drive technology solutions aligning with business objectives.

Skills

Solution design

Communication with stakeholders

SDLC knowledge

Software development

Cloud platforms knowledge

DevOps practices

Technical issue resolution

Architectural reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification

Tools

Node.js

Angular

React

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

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Our not-so-secret sauce.
Award-winning, inclusive, Top Workplace culture doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a result of hard work by extraordinary people. More than 11,000 of the industry’s brightest talent drive our efforts to deliver purposeful work and meaningful impact every day. Learn more about what makes us different and how you can thrive as a Senior Solutions Architect at MMA.

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities. With 200 offices across North America, we combine the personalized service model of a local consultant with the global resources of the world’s leading professional services firm, Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC).

A day in the life.

As a Senior Solutions Architect on the MMA Enterprise Architecture Team, you will lead collaboration with Technology and Business partners to design and communicate innovative solutions utilizing packaged solutions, cloud services, and custom development. In this role, you will be responsible for generating and providing critical feedback on Architecture Documents, presenting them to the Architecture Review Board. You will also review, adopt, and promote architectural standards and best practices to ensure consistency and security across domains such as enterprise applications, web applications, microservices, and application containerization.

In addition to mentoring and empowering teams, you will play a key role in guiding and mentoring other architects, fostering their professional growth and ensuring alignment with architectural standards. Staying updated with the latest technologies, you will share your expertise across teams and evaluate vendor products. Your role as a Senior Solutions Architect is pivotal in driving technology solutions that align with and advance business objectives.

Our future colleague.

We’d love to meet you if your professional track record includes these skills:
• Demonstrated ability to design solutions and effectively communicate them through standard methods, including logical component diagrams, integration diagrams, and deployment diagrams.
• The ability to evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and tools to assess their suitability for solving specific business problems and meeting project requirements.
• Knowledge and experience of all phases of the SDLC and full lifecycle implementations using traditional waterfall / iterative and more modern agile methodologies.
• Experience working and communicating with both business and technical stakeholders at varying levels of seniority and understanding.
• Experience in developing software solutions utilizing various technology stacks and methodologies, including Nodejs, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes Containerization, JSON and Rest Web Services
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including knowledge of cloud architecture, services, and deployment models.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and infrastructure automation, to enable efficient solution deployment and management.
• Understanding of security principles, data protection, and compliance requirements to design secure and compliant solutions.
• Hands-on experience with identifying and resolving complex technical issues, as well as providing guidance to technical teams in troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Proven track record of leading architectural reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Ability to drive strategic initiatives by collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in technology solutions.

These additional qualifications are a plus, but not required to apply:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Insurance or Finance Industry related knowledge
• TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Certification

We know there are excellent candidates who might not check all of these boxes. Don’t be shy. If you’re close, we’d be very interested in meeting you.

We value and respect the impact our colleagues make every day both inside and outside our organization. We’ve built a culture that promotes colleague well-being through robust benefit programs and resources, encourages professional and personal development, and celebrates opportunities to pursue the projects and causes that give colleagues fulfilment outside of work.

Some benefits included in this role are:
• Generous time off, including personal and volunteering
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Full Time Remote
• Charitable contribution match programs
• Stock purchase opportunities