Solutions Architect

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Strategic Direction and Leadership
• Work together with the Head of Architecture and engineering leads to define the long-term technology strategy for the Incites application, evaluating technologies and generating roadmaps as necessary.
• Assist project teams in mapping their current solutions to the long-term strategy.
• Provide good governance in security, scalability, and disaster recovery in a cloud-first environment.
• Technology Design
• Lead the infrastructure and systems design for the Incites application in cloud technologies: UI technologies, microservices, SQL/NoSQL datastores and caching layers.
• Work closely with the application and DevOps-oriented teams building out the systems, collaborating on design elements and execution specifics as needed. Hands-on work expected.
• Advise other local technology teams on best practices, applicable technologies, and educate teams on the basics of cloud-native delivery.

REQUIREMENTS

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Design Engineering or Mathematics
• Advanced degree with a specialization in systems architecture or extensive systems architecture experience is desirable.

• 10+ years of technology experience, with at least 3+ in an architecture role and 5+ in software engineering.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and visual design skills
• Extensive experience with Java programming is a must, as well as experience in cloud design.
• Architects are expected to have a working knowledge of at least one technology or SaaS from each of the following groups:

Required:

• Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, GCE
• Software Development: Java (required), node.js, Python
• Web Services Design & Best Practices with REST, JSON
• DevOps: Docker, SonarQube, Ansible, Gradle, Maven

Preferred:

• SQL Database Design: MySQL, Postgres
• NoSQL Datastore Design: Cassandra, HBase, Redis, ElasticSearch
• Business Intelligence (BI) tool like Qlik or Tableau
• DevOps: Docker, SonarQube, Ansible, Gradle, Maven
• Knowledge of AngularJS

Clarivate employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive – we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work