Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics to customers around the world, enabling them to discover, protect and commercialize new ideas, faster. Formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, we own and operate a collection of leading subscription-based businesses focused on scientific and academic research, patent analytics and regulatory standards, pharmaceutical and biotech intelligence, trademark protection, domain brand protection and intellectual property management. Clarivate Analytics is now an independent company with over 4,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries and owns well‐known brands that include Web of Science, Cortellis, Thomson Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, CompuMark, MarkMonitor and Techstreet, among others.
Today we are the established and authoritative pharmaceutical and biotechnology information resource, and the industry authority on the global generics market. Both innovators and generic manufacturers trust us because our integrated solutions contain an unrivalled breadth and depth of timely, relevant strategic information from multiple databases, delivered on powerful platforms, accompanied by intuitive analytical tools, and backed up by dedicated support teams.
But we provide far more than just content sets. Our data are enriched with unique abstracts, commentaries and analysis prepared by our team of industry experts — critical insight on-tap from the thought leaders that shape pharmaceutical opinion. All over the world, decision-makers depend on us for the essential knowledge that can justify their strategies, promote outstanding research and business growth, and keep them abreast of the market.
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