Cloud Solutions Architect

Our client is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.

They help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. They assist corporations in better understanding their markets, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. They collaborate with universities to educate students, and support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. They partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a conduit between Global Architecture (Enterprise Architects) and the Engineering teams..
• Work across/with Architects from different organizations.
• Introduce/train teams with new technology.
• Lead teams toward problem-resolution identifying, researching, & coordinating with resources.
• Evaluate new technologies and their applicability to the business.
• Drive technical direction and architecture evolution via reviews and on-floor leadership.
• Actively monitor the Business Unit system health and design and write proposals.
• Proactively monitor new development to discover subsystems
• Proactively research, monitor, learn, and assess industry/technology advancements
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of programming languages, code, and database.
• Expert-level knowledge in programming language(s); e.g., .Net, Java, HTML, Perl, C++, C#, PHP, etc.; or expert level in engineering discipline.
• Expert in a plurality of the following technologies: Parallel and Distributed Processing Systems, Information Retrieval, Data Mining, NaturalLanguage Processing, Very Large Scale Databases, Declarative Languages, and High-Performance Computing.
• Solid working knowledge in a plurality of the following areas: Network Design (LAN and WAN), Storage System Architectures, Service.
• Oriented Architecture technologies, XML and XSLT, and Parallel Processing Architectures (such as SMP and NUMA).
• Experience with a plurality of the following operating systems: Windows Server, UNIX (Linux), and z/OS.
• Strong organization/project planning, time management, and change management skills across multiple functional groups and departments, and strong delegation skills involving prioritizing and reprioritizing projects and managing projects of various size and complexity.
• Advanced problem-solving experience involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues; prior success extracting/translating findings into alternatives/solutions; and identifying risks/impacts and schedule adjustments to facilitate management decision-making.