Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Global Lead

Company:MarshDescription:

Marsh McLennan, the world's leading professional services firm in risk, strategy and people, is looking for a Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Global Lead to join the Global Enterprise Architecture team.

What can you expect:

As a member of theGlobal Enterprise Architecture team, you will join a group of highly experienced senior individuals who operate collaboratively across the organization to set technical strategies, approaches, and standards as well as work collaboratively with teams across the enterprise.

In this newly created role, you will join a growing team and have a direct impact on its effectiveness.

As the Cloud Architecture Infrastructure GlobalLead you will help to establish the architecture strategies, design approaches, and best practices for our cloud infrastructure including the design of our IAC (Infrastructure as Code templates), our policies and guardrails.

We will count on you to:

• Provide Cloud Architectural Infrastructure Leadership for the Enterprise

  
  

• Architect and designacross a variety of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Oracle, Google)

  
  

• Provide Architecture leadership for IAC components/recipes that enable our business solution teams(and working with Engineering teams to realize their implementation)

  
  

• Partner with our key control groups like Security and Compliance to design effective built-in guardrails for our Cloud Architecture

  
  

• Leverage standard engineering approaches in line with the wider technical strategy and roadmap.

  
  

• Findeffective solutions for complex problems.

  
  

• Run architectural and designworkshops for colleagues and customers (including creating training material if required).

  
  

• Inform various stakeholders of any problems with technical development and delivery, suggesting alternatives, and mitigating risks.

  
  

• Provide regular activity status updates and communication to stakeholders 

  
  

• Assess and reporton the business impact that certain technical choices have.

  
  

What you need to have: 

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology (or similar working experience)

  
  

• 5+ years’ experiencearchitectingcloud adoption and/or migrations for large enterprises in AWS.

  
  

• Clear understanding of cloud best practices and anti-patterns.

  
  

• 5+ years’ experience designing “infrastructure as code” solutions for the cloud using AWS, CloudFormation, Azure ARM templates and/or Terraform. 

  
  

• Strong ability to select the best cloud PaaS approach to maximize the business value, resilience and performance while minimizing the associated cloud costs.

  
  

• Passionate about technology and finding effective solutions for complex problems (not just chasing the next shiny object).

  
  

• Self-motivated and driven for excellence.

  
  

• Has a thirst for knowledge and is always looking to continuously improve their own skills.

  
  

• Able to operate at scale and with senior stakeholders.

  
  

• Has a strong technical background and canengage in technical architectural conversations, effectively summarise, and contribute.

  
  

• Has excellent written English andcanconvey complex concepts in easy to understand visually pleasing presentations.

  
  

• Strong attention to detail.

  
  

• Able to work collaboratively with technical peers from all divisions across MMC, able to lead discussions and build consensus.

  
  

• Has a delivery focused approachand an appetite for change.

  
  

• Good organizational skills, ability to create plans and follow up on tasks assigned to others.

  
  

What makes you stand out:

• AWS/AzureArchitecture Certifications 

  
  

• Agile/Scrum Experience

  
  

• CICD Pipeline and Declarative deployment experience

  
  

• Architectural Diagrams

  
  

• Experience of collaboration tools such as Zoom, MS teams, Slack, Skype, etc. 

  
  

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 work 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, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

  
  

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, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, 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.