Technology / Innovation Architect

Ready to shape the future of enterprise architecture and help solve complex risk and data challenges at scale? Do you enjoy guiding technical strategy, mentoring engineering teams, and driving innovation across diverse technologies and platforms?
The Architect position provides effective architectural and structural design for the applicable RELX Business Unit. Additional responsibilities include ensuring ongoing development, maintenance, and delivery of technical knowledge and expertise and determining the technical feasibility of development projects.
Act as a conduit between Global Architecture (Enterprise Architects) and the Engineering or Development teams.
Lead teams toward problem-resolution identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues.
Extract/translate findings into alternatives/solutions, identifying risks/impacts and schedule adjustments to facilitate management decision-making.
Drive technical direction and architecture evolution via reviews and on-floor leadership.
Actively monitor the Business Unit system health and design and write proposals to remedy the cause of negative trends.
10+ years of experience in software, network, or systems engineering

• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required; Strong understanding of programming languages, code, and database.
• Expert-level knowledge in programming language(s); Net, Java, HTML, Perl, C++, C#, PHP, etc.; Parallel and Distributed Processing Systems, Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Very Large Scale Databases, Declarative Languages, and High-Performance Computing.
• Network Design (LAN and WAN), Storage System Architectures, Service-Oriented Architecture technologies, XML and XSLT, and Parallel Processing Architectures (such as SMP and NUMA).
• 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; and identifying risks/impacts and schedule adjustments to facilitate management decision-making.
• Advanced communication (verbal and written), customer service and research skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience including senior and executive management, customers, etc., Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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