Senior Solutions Architect

Marsh & McLennan Companies; Polson (MT); Remote; USD 113,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and consulting firm in Montana is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design and communicate innovative tech solutions, collaborating with various stakeholders and mentoring technical teams. The ideal candidate should have experience with cloud platforms, software development, and architectural standards. This role offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including full-time remote options.

Benefits

Generous time off, including personal and volunteering

Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Charitable contribution match programs

Stock purchase opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to design solutions and communicate them through diagrams.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies and frameworks for business needs.
• Knowledge of SDLC phases and full lifecycle implementations.
• Experience collaborating with business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing solutions using Node.js, Angular, React, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices like CI/CD.
• Understanding of security principles and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience resolving complex technical issues.
• Proven track record in architectural reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration to design innovative tech solutions.
• Generate and present critical architecture feedback.
• Promote architectural standards across domains.
• Mentor teams and guide architects.
• Stay updated with technology trends.

Job description

Overview

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).

Role

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. You will generate and provide critical feedback on Architecture Documents and present them to the Architecture Review Board. You will 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. You will mentor and empower teams and play a key role in guiding other architects, fostering professional growth, and ensuring alignment with architectural standards. You will stay updated with the latest technologies and share expertise across teams, evaluating vendor products. Your role is pivotal in driving technology solutions that align with and advance business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaboration with Technology and Business partners to design and communicate innovative solutions using packaged solutions, cloud services, and custom development.
• Generate and provide critical feedback on Architecture Documents and present them to the Architecture Review Board.
• Review, adopt, and promote architectural standards and best practices to ensure consistency and security across domains (enterprise applications, web applications, microservices, containerization).
• Mentor and empower teams; guide and mentor other architects to align with architectural standards.
• Stay updated with latest technologies and share expertise across teams; evaluate vendor products.
• Drive technology solutions that align with and advance business objectives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to design solutions and communicate them through logical component diagrams, integration diagrams, and deployment diagrams.
• Ability to evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and tools for solving business problems and meeting project requirements.
• Knowledge and experience of all phases of the SDLC and full lifecycle implementations using traditional waterfall, iterative, and agile methodologies.
• Experience working with business and technical stakeholders at varying levels of seniority and understanding.
• Experience in developing software solutions utilizing stacks/methodologies including Node.js, 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 CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Understanding of security principles, data protection, and compliance requirements to design secure and compliant solutions.
• Hands-on experience identifying and resolving complex technical issues and guiding technical teams in troubleshooting.
• 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.

Additional qualifications (a plus)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Insurance or Finance industry 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.

Benefits

Valuable benefits. 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

To learn more about a career at MMA, check us out online: marshmma.com/careers or flip through our recruiting brochure: bit.ly/3Qpcjmw

Connect with MMA

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Who you are is who we are. We embrace a culture that celebrates and promotes the many backgrounds, heritages and perspectives of our colleagues and clients. We are always seeking those with ethics, talent, and ambition who are interested in joining our client-focused teams.

Marsh McLennan and its affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $113,000 to $197,800. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives. We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs. Applications will be accepted until: October 13, 2025