Senior Site Reliability Engineer

We are the world's learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.In this exciting and fast-paced role you will be responsible for design, implementation and support of the Pearson VUE cloud infrastructure in Azure. You will work closely within the Development and Operations organizations to support the design, automation, and deployments of applications and infrastructure.You should have technical experience in building infrastructure and applications for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery. A key portion of your job will be to help move from a traditional infrastructure deployment model to an infrastructure as code model with automation and monitoring via DevOps.You should have excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to work across teams to create optimal business solutions.

Qualifications

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:Delivery of Cloud infrastructure strategies aligned with business objectives with a focus on Cloud migrationsProvide leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques including mass application movements into the cloud including:Design, implementation and support of infrastructure as codeResearch new cloud technologies and prototype solutions that can be leveraged to decrease costs and increase performanceAssess and compare cloud native PaaS with cloud-enabled traditional infrastructureMentor existing staff on cloud computing best practices and technology to drive cloud adoptionDesign of cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure using industry best practicesProvide code reviews of team members work.Perform Quality Assurance (i.e. Testing) on other team members development activities.Participate in agile activities (daily standups, backlog refinement, iteration planning, retrospectives, etc.)Contribute to team's backlog by creating stories and defects as they ariseTake ownership of assigned taskingParticipate in on call rotation (approx. once every 6 weeks)

Required Knowledge And Experience

4 year degree in Computer Science. 5+ years of software development experience building enterprise applications, solution design and technical architecture experience. 3+ years experience in Azure based cloud computing based services architecture. 2+ years Programming experience (Java, C#, etc.)Strong understanding across cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, data, and applications) to deliver end to end cloud infrastructure architectures and designsExperience automating infrastructure in a cloud environment using Terraform and AnsibleExperience with Windows and Linux-based operating system configuration, automation and managementShell scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)Proficiency with patch orchestration or vulnerability remediationExcellent written and verbal communication skills.Ability to learn new technologies quickly and efficientlyExcellent technical analysis and problem solving skills

Preferred Knowledge And Experience

Container technologies such as DockerBuild automation tools such as PackerBuilding continuous integration and delivery pipelines with tools like Jenkins or Team City.Designing outage less systems using practices such as Blue / Green or Rolling DeploymentsExperience in a managed Kubernetes implementation (KubeSpray, EKS, KOPS)Experience with monitoring and analytical tools (Splunk, New Relic)Certificate Management (client certificates, server certificates, certificate authorities, etc.)Familiarity with cloud based disaster recovery and HA system developmentInfrastructure experience (firewalls, load balancer, AD, DNS, etc.)Networking experienceAgile exposureCapable of building informative and visually appealing Grafana DashboardProficient in using GitHub for version control, collaboration, and project management and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.DevSecOps (Cloudvisory, Tigera, etc.)DNS managementContinuous infrastructure testingGIT based Source Control Systems

Who We Are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [HIDDEN TEXT].

Job:

Infrastructure and Cloud Operations

Job Family:

TECHNOLOGY

Organization:

Corporate Strategy & Technology

Schedule:

FULL_TIME

Workplace Type:

Hybrid

Req ID:

20205