Data Architect

Company:Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Data team at Mercer. This role will be based in Melbourne or Sydney. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Mercer is a global consulting firm that provides a wide range of services to organisations, including superannuation, health and benefits consulting, retirement and investment solutions, workforce and career development, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory. The technology team serves the Mercer business across services. With strong foundations in place, we’re focused on growing capability, lifting capacity, and creating a future-ready ecosystem. We don’t settle for good enough — we ask what better looks like, every day.

As a Data Architect, you will be an integral part of a collaborative team working together to design and implement data solutions that drive meaningful impact across Mercer. Partnering closely with Solution Architects, Portfolio Delivery Leads, and cross-functional teams, you will help shape the Persistence, Integration and Services layers of business solutions in alignment with our architecture principles and standards.

We will count on you to:

• Define and formalise data domains for the LOBs to enable standardisation, security-by-design and accelerated solution delivery that benefits the wider organisation
• Collaborate with business and technology leads to develop and maintain data models and catalogues that support transparency and collective ownership
• Establish and own Logical and Physical data models for Mercer, fostering shared understanding and reuse across teams
• Promote a shift-left mindset by partnering with stakeholders to maintain business data terms, critical data elements and business rules with shared accountability
• Empower development teams by providing clear architectural guidance and supporting them to deliver solutions with autonomy and confidence
• Guide your architectural designs through MMC’s onboarding and assurance processes, ensuring alignment with organisational standards and collective goals
• Actively participate in architecture reviews and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
• Support implementation efforts by working alongside infrastructure and development teams, ensuring smooth delivery and adoption of architectural solutions
• Champion emerging technologies and industry trends, inspiring innovation and collaboration across the internal technology community

What you need to have:

• Expert domain knowledge with a collaborative approach to sharing expertise
• Strong ability to translate business needs into data architecture, conceptual, Logical and Physical data model designs that serve collective objectives
• Deep understanding of integration design patterns and end user data product and analytics solutions, with a focus on enabling team success
• Self-motivated and proactive, thriving in a hybrid environment that values open communication and teamwork
• Skilled at engaging with business and technical stakeholders at all levels to foster alignment and shared purpose
• Proven experience designing and communicating solutions that are traceable to requirements and support team goals
• Curious and innovative mindset, eager to explore and implement new technologies, data architecture and optimised ingestion patterns collaboratively
• Support data governance framework adoption by working closely with business and technology SMEs to ensure compliance, security, completeness and quality of information assets

What makes you stand out:

• Significant experience with integration technologies
• Proficiency with data modelling tools
• Extensive experience with data architecture design and implementation in complex data transformation programs including lakehouse/delta lake architecture, Vector Databases or Graph Databases, traditional RDBMS
• Experience with metadata management platforms such as Collibra, Informatica, AXON, EDC, or Metadata PaaS platforms such as Boomi or Fivetran
• Expertise in secure data services architecture, Secure By Design concepts, Microservices, Structured SQL and query patterns
• Familiarity with containerisation/Kubernetes, Secure DevOps, Application Performance Monitoring (APM) techniques, and SDLC methodologies including Agile, Hybrid and 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 collaboration and shared purpose drive innovation and 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

Applications can be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a criminal & bankruptcy check prior to commencement of employment.

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 $24 billion and more than 90,000 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 creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, 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. Applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencing of employment.

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.