Associate Director - Data Engineering

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our MMC Corporate team at MMC Technology. This role will be based in Noida. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Focus on software development life cycle, you will collaborate with our Solution Architects and Portfolio Delivery function Leads to understand customer and technical needs to design and implement the Persistence, Integration and Services layers of the business solutions in compliance with architecture principles and standards followed by MMC technology.

You will coordinate with business and technology team leads for the creation and maintenance of the LOB standardized interface layer as well as data model and catalog. 

Following project approval, you will form part of the Pod Leadership team tasked with bringing your architectural vision to fruition utilizing agile methodologies. You will elaborate your architecture designs and collaborate with our infrastructure and development teams to enable implementation of them with light touch oversight.  

We will count on you to:

• Work with our partners to understand business and technology problems and/or opportunities
• Provide guidance and governance on standardized business logical data models, component re-use and platform modernization
• Lead the data design track, document and communicate solution that accommodate the Agile Principles of fail fast and provide the resilience necessary to accommodate changing and fluid requirements
• Introduce Data Governance Standards and Processes; partner with business stakeholders to establish a cadence in the upkeep of their information assets
• Establish data domains by LOBs for reuse, standardization and security-by-design into your designs to simplify, secure and enable accelerated solution delivery
• Establish a self-governance operating model to manage data models and catalogs for all LOBs.
• Bring a shift left mentality in maintenance of the business data terms, critical data elements as well as business rules.
• Introduce learning capsules to enable self service capabilities for management of business data catalog and allied assets
• Be innovative in your design thinking and use your expertise to influence the MMC technology roadmap
• Take your architectural designs through our on boarding processes to ensure they meet MMC’s standards and conventions
• Participate in architecture reviews as part of MMC’s Architecture Assurance process
• Support the implementation of architectural designs – from infrastructure set up through to delivery – as necessary
• 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

What you need to have: 

• Domain knowledge at expert levels on one or more of Mercer Lines of Business
• Deep understanding of business and the ability to translate them to conceptual, Logical and Physical data model designs when required
• Deep understanding of integration design patterns and reporting solutions
• Self-motivated to excel in a remote position, collaborating effectively with a remote team
• You are a self-starter; you can take initiative without waiting for direction.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines
• You are used to working and communicating with both business and technical stakeholders at varying levels of seniority
• Extensive experience in designing and communicating technology solutions that can be traced back to requirements
• An inquisitive mind set with a track record of seeking out and implementing new technologies and architectural patterns
• Ability to support self governance process by instilling discipline and establishing cadence with our business SME partners to ensure completeness in information assets generated in support of the solution

What makes you stand out?

• Significant experience with the following technologies, architectures & methodologies:
• Nifi, Python, kafka, Informatica or any other integration technologies
• Data modeling tools such as Hackolade, Er-Win
• Big Data / Data Lakehouse / traditional RDBMS / Vector Databases / Graph Databases. Deep knowledge of at least 3 from the list.
• Industry standard Metadata management product – Collibra, Informatica EDC/AXON/CDGC
• Data Management Principles and Data Governance Lifecycle and standards and tooling
• Deep understanding of secure data service architecture. Expert in data services design, Secure by Design concepts, Microservices, Structure SQL and other query patterns
• Cloud Infrastructure architecture, Containerization / Kubernetes
• Secure DevOps; Application Performance Monitoring (APM) techniques; SDLC – Agile / Hybrid / Waterfall

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 the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The Company’s more than 85,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries.  With annual revenue of $23 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 well being for a changing workforce. Oliver Wyman 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 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

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 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.