Associate Director - Systems Architecture - Solutions

Company: Marsh Description: We are seeking a talented individual to join our People & Investment team, part of our Marsh Tech. This role will be based in Gurugram/Noida This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.  Associate Director - Systems Architecture - Solutions Experienced Solution Architect responsible for defining, designing, and governing end-to-end technology solutions that address complex business requirements and align with enterprise architecture standards and strategic technology direction. Solution Architect partners with business stakeholders, product owners, project sponsors, enterprise and domain architects, engineering teams, AI/ML teams, security teams, infrastructure/cloud teams, and external vendors to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, intelligent, cost-effective, and maintainable technology solutions. The role will also contribute to the adoption of Generative AI, Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI-enabled automation, identifying where AI provides measurable business value while ensuring appropriate security, governance, and human oversight. We will count on you to: Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for complex technology initiatives, from discovery and requirements through design, implementation. Understand business capabilities, functional requirements, constraints, and strategic objectives and translate them into appropriate solution architectures and technology designs. Define architecture across applications, APIs, integrations, data, cloud/infrastructure, security, identity, observability, and operational components. Produce architecture deliverables including high-level designs, solution architecture diagrams, integration/data-flow diagrams, architecture decision records, technology recommendations, and implementation roadmaps. Evaluate solution options and perform build-vs-buy, COTS/SaaS, cloud service, platform, and technology assessments, documenting trade-offs, risks, costs, and architectural decisions. Define and validate non-functional requirements (NFRs) including availability, scalability, performance, resilience, security, privacy, disaster recovery, maintainability, and supportability. Design integration solutions using appropriate patterns such as APIs, event-driven architecture, messaging, microservices, batch/file integration, and third-party/SaaS integrations. Ensure solutions comply with organizational standards for security, data protection, regulatory requirements, architecture principles, technology standards, and cloud governance. Identify architecture risks, technical debt, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints early and define appropriate mitigation strategies. Participate in architecture governance and design reviews, presenting solutions and obtaining required architecture/security approvals. Collaborate with Enterprise and Domain Architects to ensure solutions align with broader enterprise architecture, reusable platforms, strategic roadmaps, and modernization objectives. Support modernization initiatives including cloud adoption, application modernization, API enablement, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and legacy transformation, where appropriate. Provide architecture oversight for large and complex technology programs, including initiatives involving significant third-party/vendor solutions and technology investment. What you need to have: The successful candidate should demonstrate strong experience in: End-to-end Solution Architecture Cloud architecture, preferably AWS and/or Azure Application and integration architecture API and event-driven architecture Microservices and distributed systems Data architecture and data integration Security and Identity & Access Management High availability, resilience and disaster recovery Performance and scalability DevSecOps and CI/CD concepts Observability and operational architecture SaaS/COTS and third-party product integration Cost optimization and solution lifecycle considerations Working with Agile/product-based engineering teams Leading technical discussions across multiple engineering and architecture disciplines Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Single Sign-On (OAuth, SAML) Development Stack-MEAN stack, .NET Core, Python, or similar middleware technologies   What makes you stand out: The candidate should be a seasoned technology professional capable of working independently with minimal supervision while providing technical leadership across multiple teams. They should be comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed solution-design levels understanding the business problem, evaluating solution options, defining the target architecture, explaining architectural trade-offs, and guiding engineering teams through implementation. Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills are essential, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and influence architecture decisions across business, engineering, security, infrastructure, and leadership teams. 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 (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh 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 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 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 (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh 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 is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connect