Active Vacancies at LexisNexis

About the Role

This position exists to provide direct input to project plans, schedules, and methodology in the operation and maintenance of multiple system environments. Candidate responds to system management alerts to handle system/operations exceptions, within the assigned enterprise systems of product offerings. This position is also responsible for triage change management support.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose system performance problems using available standard performance tools and system indicators such as queue lengths, CPU utilization, etc.
• Install program products and system components
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of all system components and of program products assigned to support.
• Work closely with development groups, support groups, and vendors to coordinate special operations, and communicate/escalate problems as appropriate to meet assigned deadlines.
• Assist in daily support of the systems/products assigned, through early detection and pursuit or changes in system responses or operation.
• Work closely with support groups to refine system monitoring and reporting, and to assist them in their analysis and problem recovery.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of major system components in completing assigned tasks (i.e., storage systems and Windows infrastructure).
• Assist in daily support of the systems/products assigned, through early detection and pursuit or changes in system responses or operation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of system components in completing assigned tasks (i.e., storage systems, and Windows/Virtual infrastructure).
• Develop lists/scripts for execution of commonly used processes and automation of simple tasks.
• Proper management and implementation of team changes and service requests.
• Proper creation, execution, documentation, and closure of tasks, changes, and requests.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Systems Engineering experience
•  BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required
• Experience of Windows infrastructure.
• Experience in VMware Management.
• Window OS installation and troubleshooting.
• Experience in virtual server environments.
• Experience in scripts automation.
• Understanding of Cloud implementation
• Experience with SFTP
• Experience in Defender A/V
• Experience in Credential Guard
• Experience in MECM Patching Process
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

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About the Role

As Sales Head you will be accountable for the delivery of budget and revenue forecasts for the Africa division. You'll be responsible for the development and implementation of overall strategy agreed on by EXCO. You will ensure the sustainability of revenue growth of our product offerings throughout LexisNexis SADC permitted African territories.

Responsibilities

• Developing revenue contingency plans to account for unforeseen variances in forecasts and ensure delivery of targets.
• Generating and sustaining new business pipeline for all LexisNexis product offerings for assigned territories.
• Implementing the annual strategic plan as agreed with the Executive Team in South Africa.
• Monitoring and pursuing opportunities in new markets and (report - Change to record) daily on progress on our CRM system.
• Compiling and delivering quotes, proposals and tender documents.
• Researching and remaining abreast of international / local comparative trends and product developments.
• Developing marketing campaigns to increase awareness of the product/services in the local SADC market and African markets.
• Developing, implementing, and monitoring visitation programs to source new customers and opportunities.

Requirements

• Have a degree in Law, Marketing or Business Management.
• Experience in selling technology solutions in the legal sector.
• Experience in selling governance, risk and compliance software solutions in the corporate sector.
• Able to fully incorporate LexisNexis values into every aspect of work.
• Have good judgment and integrative thinking, be a strategic thinker and results focused.
• Be political savvy, patience, flexible and creative.
• Have excellent customer relationship management skills.
• Able to travel into other African countries.

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About the Role

As an Implementation Specialist, you'll be responsible for the implementation of value-added services and configurations that create ease of use and access to LexisNexis products. You will consult with customers to assess organizational and technical requirements, proactively identify risks, describe, and implement various solutions.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring excellent quality of stakeholder engagement and client relationships.
• Providing training and transfer skills on the software implemented.
• Updating new releases, features and functionality to train clients as well as internal stakeholders
• Ensuring all internal and external stakeholders are consistently communicated with and expectations are managed met.
• Identifying and communicating innovations or knowledge that is created / implemented.
• Showing the ability to identify risks and issues threatening the success of your deliverables. Understand the impact that it has on your work or project and ensure you think about possible mitigations before raising
• Ensuring excellent productivity in available hours and deliver work within agreed time frames.
• Ensuring that all administrative tasks are completed timeously, namely timesheets, project sign off's, and client communications where applicable.

Requirements

• Experience in an implementation role in Audit, Risk and Compliance management software.
• Able to transfer knowledge, and conduct one-on-one training.
• Have good work ethics, can pay attention to detail and has a passion for accuracy.
• Able to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines, able to work independently and manage themselves.
• Able to take direction, prioritize and remain focused on the task at hand.
• Communicate clearly, manage clients and exceed their expectations.
• Have an excellent ability to develop good client and stakeholder relationships.
• Prove to be a self-starter who is pro-active and can both identify project risks and address these successfully.

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About the Role

As a Fullstack web developer, you will design, develop, and maintain complex software solutions. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver high-quality products. Your expertise will be crucial in solving technical challenges and enhancing system performance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating within LexisNexis' Technology and Information Systems Department as a seasoned fullstack Web Developer, contributing to an innovative legal product highly favoured by legal professionals.
• Working as part of a team dedicated to developing legal risk quantification features.
• Developing new functionalities for our applications.
• Maintaining and support existing applications.
• Engaging in ongoing efforts to enhance code quality.
• Designing and implement new features across our suite of applications.
• Ensuring the stability and performance of existing applications.
• Participating in initiatives aimed at improving codebase quality.

Requirements

• Possess bachelor’s in computer science or a related field or a solid technical background.
• Display Proficiency in PHP 8 (Symfony or Laravel) and JS (Vue.js 3 or React/Angular).
• Have Familiarity with TypeScript, or a keen interest in learning it.
• Be Proficient in Git for version control.
• Have Adherence to best development practices such as unit and functional testing, code reviews, SOLID principles, and security practices.
• Be Comfortable with command-line interfaces.

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About the Role

Developing trust relationships with a portfolio of clients and acquiring a thorough understanding of key customer needs and requirements. Expanding the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objectives. Delivering target growth in subscription revenue for current contracts with existing customers in the corporate market and create a strong future pipeline of new up-sell opportunities within this customer base.

Requirements:

• Able Build and maintain effective long-term relationships and a high level of satisfaction with key senior-level decision makers and influencers at an assigned group of customer accounts that may include major strategic customers within a geographic or industry focus.
• Able to Identify, develop and typically close renewal opportunities and new sales opportunities in the form of upsells and cross sells.
• Create demand for the organization's products and services by raising their profile with customers.
• Achieve revenue targets by increasing revenue spend per account via renewals, upsells and cross selling.
• Conduct regular status and strategy meetings with the customer's senior management to understand their needs and link them to the organization's product/service value propositions.
• Act within the Account/Relationship Management Function as a generalist or in a combination with other disciplines.
• Have direct contact with clients and negotiate product/service terms.
• Continue to build knowledge of the business, financials, products/services, the market, or account needs.

Requirements

• Government sales experience
• Software sales experience
• Previous similar industry knowledge
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Matric (Essential)
• Sales or Marketing qualification (advantageous)

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About the Role

We are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our team. This role involves performing moderately difficult research, design, and software development tasks within a specific software functional area or product line. The ideal candidate will be capable of working independently on individual assignments and solving problems related to program design, effective coding, and unit testing.

Responsibilities

• Interfacing with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
• Writing and reviewing detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
• Collaborating with development team members to understand product requirements and translate them into software designs.
• Implementing development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
• Operating in various development environments and collaborate with key stakeholders.
• Resolving technical issues as necessary and complete bug fixes.
• Staying updated with new technology developments.

Requirements

• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in PHP and Symfony.
• Display proficiency in PHP 7.4+ and Symfony 5.4+.
• Experience working at a software publisher specializing in accounting or invoicing.
• Have experience with MariaDB.
• Expertise in Docker for containerization.
• HTML, XML, SQL, Windows, UNIX, and .Net.
• Have Knowledge and experience with RabbitMQ.
• Have experience in developing RESTful APIs.
• Proficient in using GitLab CI/CD for continuous integration and deployment.
• Have knowledge of data storage subsystems and test-driven development.

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About the Role

As a Senior Front-End vueJs Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain complex software solutions. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver high-quality products. Your expertise will be crucial in solving technical challenges and enhancing system performance.

Responsibilities

• Providing expertise in architectural and technical decisions, and cost estimations for functionalities.
• Participating in agile manuals and code reviews.
• Implementing new features and integrate mock-ups based on designs from the Product teams.
• Ensuring front-end code is resilient, high-performance, with effective error management and suitable for analytics/monitoring.
• Enhancing user experience, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards
• Supervising the implementation of tests in collaboration with QA during the development phase
• Setting up and maintaining continuous integration and deployment tools.
• Staying updated on technologies and subjects relevant to your area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Possesses Engineering degree, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• +5 years' experience in front-end development in VueJS (Version 2 and 3)
• Have attention to detail, thoroughness, and organizational skills.
• Ability to migrate legacy UI from Twig/jQuery to VueJS.
• Experience working with the Twig templating engine.
• Proven track record in modernizing and improving user interfaces.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

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About the role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a lawyer to join the LexisPSL team to contribute to the online practical guidance and current awareness offering of the LexisPSL Banking & Finance module.

Responsibilities

• Creating, developing and maintenance of market-leading content set for the Banking & Finance practical guidance module
• Monitoring developments, including anticipated upcoming developments, relevant to our customer base
• Working closely with LexisPSL Hub to produce a market-leading current awareness offering, providing news and analysis of the highest quality
• Engaging proactively with customers and contacts in relevant markets to understand customer requirements
• Assisting with customer queries via customer feedback or the LexisAsk service regarding relevant coverage areas where required

Requirements

• Lawyer qualified in England and Wales (either a solicitor (including professional support lawyer/PSL) or barrister) with broad experience of Banking and Finance law and practice
• Be able to demonstrate great research, writing and analytical skills
• Be highly organized with a flexible approach to work, and the ability to multitask effectively
• Have a great level of attention to detail and demonstrated editorial/proofreading ability