Job Description

Clarivate is looking for a Solutions Architect for our K12 and Genealogy applications. The suite of products is built for the research and education of developing students as well as the professional genealogist. Ranging from surfacing the leading issues of our world to reviewing census records hundreds of years old, the architect will be setting the direction of future enhancements to this set of products.

About You \xe2\x80\x93 experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

At least 10 years of technology experience, with at least 3+ in an architecture role and 5+ in software engineering.

University degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Design Engineering or Mathematics

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 working knowledge of at least one technology or SaaS from each of the following groups:

Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, GCE

Software Development: Java (required), PHP, Angular

Web Services Design & Best Practices with REST, JSON

SQL Database Design: Oracle, MySQL, Postgres

It would be great if you also had . . .

Advanced degree with specialization in systems architecture or extensive systems architecture experience is desirable.

Experience in Groovy / Grails, Python, OpenSeaDragon, BitBucket, Adobe Contribute, Handlebars, JSF

Ability to transform legacy systems into modern architectures

What will you be doing in this role?

Work together with the Head of Architecture and engineering leads to define the long-term technology strategy for the Guided Research applications, evaluating technologies and generating roadmaps as necessary.

Assist project teams in mapping their current solutions to the long-term strategy.

Provide governance for security, scalability, and disaster recovery in both cloud and on-premise environments.

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 is expected.

Advise other local technology teams on best practices, and applicable technologies, and educate teams on the basics of cloud-native delivery.

Reviewing requirements and providing feedback and estimates

Interacting with stakeholders as a technical consultant

Providing architecture for several web applications

Providing technical guidance and mentoring software engineers

Investigating integration of third-party technologies

Product you will be developing

The team maintains and supports several applications, including a K12 research platform, a culture-oriented application, learning tools, and a suite of genealogy products. The products exist in the ProQuest brand of Clarivate.

About the Team

Software engineering teams at Clarivate are dynamic, research-oriented, and dedicated to the best of software craftsmanship. Our squads collaborate to build the best-in-class software solutions.

Hours of Work

Standard business hours

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.

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