Job Title: Solutions Architect

Location: New York or Princeton, NJ (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months Contract

Experience: 10 Years

Education level: Bachelor's degree

Job function: Information Technology

JOB SUMMARY:

This position requires a strong background in solutions architecture, particularly in cloud-based applications using modern technology stacks. Additionally, experience with specific tools and technologies like React, Node, MongoDB, microservices architecture, API management, and DevOps practices would make you stand out as a candidate.

Looking for candidates local to either New York or Princeton, NJ.

Required Skills & Experience:

7 10 years of experience as a solutions architect

Experience working on enterprise cloud projects using modern technology stack e.g. MERN stack

College degree or equivalent experience

What makes you stand out?

Preferred skills: Experience with React or any JavaScript framework, Node, MongoDB or NoSQL database

Experience in designing & implementing microservices architecture

Experience in designing, implementing & on boarding APIs using API management

Experience in data & application integration using Azure Integration Services or modern middleware solutions

Experience in DevOps CI/CD

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes & Azure

Must have:

Demonstrated experience in architecting solutions for enterprise-level applications, including defining system architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data flows to meet business requirements.

Strong understanding and practical experience with modern technology stacks, particularly those relevant to web application development, such as MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js), MEAN (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.js), or similar stacks.

Proficiency in cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform, with hands-on experience in deploying and managing cloud-based applications and services.

Experience in designing, implementing, and deploying microservices architectures, including knowledge of containerization, service discovery, fault tolerance, and scalability.

Strong understanding and practical experience with DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and monitoring.

What can you expect?

Join a talented architecture team for an industry leading company.

Play a strategic role in designing high quality solutions for cloud-based applications using modern technology and aligning with MMC target architecture & technology strategy

Be a key player in the technical modernization initiatives.

What is in it for you?

This is unique opportunity to exercise your creativity and make an immediate impact across an entire enterprise.

Become a key player in Guy Carpenter's vision of revolutionizing its target architecture with the latest technologies.

Very high buy-in and visibility by senior business management.

A chance to gain valuable domain experience in large and dynamic insurance sector of the economy

A competitive compensation package, including excellent employee benefits.

We will count on you to:

Architect, design, facilitate, lead, and direct architecture for enterprise applications using cloud solutions & modern technology stack (e.g. MERN stack)

Convey & enforce technology requirements, architecture principles, standards, policies, best practices and common pitfalls for cloud solution design, integrations, application development practices

Develop a methodology for implementing solutions using cloud services either through internal tools/processes or by leveraging external provider's tools/processes

Lead application life cycle management initiatives - refactoring or replacing legacy applications with cloud applications using modern technology stack

Have thorough understanding of API and integration design principles

Responsible for following deliverables: