Solutions Architect - Disaster Recovery

Reed Elsevier Philippines; Quezon City; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

IT Equipment provided

HMO coverage starting from Day 1 for你

Job summary

Reed Elsevier Philippines is seeking a Solutions Architect for Disaster Recovery to strengthen resilience of AWS-based platforms. You will design and standardize DR testing, lead resilience initiatives, and collaborate with architects and engineers worldwide.

The role requires 5–8 years in systems engineering or cloud infra, plus AWS experience and IACl tools. Hybrid work setup with reporting to the tech architecture team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science/Engineering or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, or Technical Resilience.
• 2-5 years of hands-on AWS experience (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Multi-AZ).
• Experience in disaster recovery, resilience testing, and recovery planning.
• AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect) preferred.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident management tools.
• Knowledge of compliance, risk, or resilience frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design disaster recovery and resilience testing strategies across AWS-based platforms.
• Lead resilience initiatives across cloud-based applications and platforms.
• Develop and improve resilience frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Review architectures and provide recovery/resiliency design recommendations.
• Manage resilience assessments, testing activities, and compliance tracking.
• Monitor and report key resilience metrics (RTO, RPO).
• Partner with Engineering to embed resilience into product design.
• Support audits, resilience exceptions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigate resilience-related incidents and identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Multi-AZ)

Terraform

CloudFormation

Infrastructure-as-Code

Monitoring & observability tools

Job description

Join us and enjoy benefits designed to help you thrive:

• Flexible hybrid work setup


• IT Equipment provided


• HMO coverage starting from Day 1 for you and FOUR FREE dependents


• Attractive retirement package with company matching


• Life and Accident Insurance starting Day 1


• 24 Annual PTOs, additional 6 once you reach your 5th year with us


• Competitive benefits with annual merit increase and incentives


• Continuous improvement for our employees (workshops, certification programs, learning sessions, etc.)

Work Arrangement:

• Set-Up: Hybrid (2/month onsite reporting)


• Schedule: Midshift 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM, Monday to Friday


• Location: UP AyalaLand Technohub, Commonwealth, Quezon City

Join RELX as a Solutions Architect - Disaster Recovery and play a critical role in ensuring our global products and platforms remain resilient, recoverable, and compliant. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, architecture, resilience testing, disaster recovery, and risk management, while partnering with architects, engineers, and technology leaders across the organization.

What You'll Do

As our Solutions Architect - Disaster Recovery, you'll help strengthen the resilience posture of our AWS-based platforms by:

• Designing and standardizing disaster recovery and resilience testing strategies.


• Leading resilience initiatives across cloud-based applications and platforms.


• Developing and improving resilience frameworks, standards, and best practices.


• Reviewing architectures and providing recommendations on recovery and resiliency design.


• Managing resilience assessments, testing activities, and compliance tracking.


• Monitoring and reporting key resilience metrics such as RTO and RPO.


• Partnering with Engineering and Architecture teams to embed resilience into product design.


• Supporting audits, resilience exceptions, and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Investigating resilience-related incidents and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.


• 5-8 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, or Technical Resilience.


• 2-5 years of hands-on AWS experience (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Multi-AZ).


• Experience in disaster recovery, resilience testing, and recovery planning.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.


• AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect).


• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Infrastructure-as-Code tools.


• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident management tools.


• Knowledge of compliance, risk, or resilience frameworks.