JOB TITLE: Senior DevOps Engineer
JOB TYPE: Full time
DIVISION: Pearson Assessment Services
LOCATION: Rotherham, Manchester, or London
About Pearson: Our purpose at Pearson is to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We are the world’s leading learning company, dedicated to creating digital-first, accessible and sustainable learning resources.
About Pearson Assessment Services: The Pearson Assessment Services (PAS) team provides assessment services to the UK and international assessment markets, supporting government education departments with project management, operational delivery, and technical solutions.
About You: This role suits someone with a background in complex projects involving CI/CD pipeline deployments, IAC with Terraform, Python scripting, and troubleshooting, who is looking to work on fast-moving projects and contribute to design decisions.
Key Skills & Experience:
* Solid understanding of principles of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and cloud implementation with demonstrable hands-on experience.
* In-depth experience in Infrastructure as Code (IAC) deployment with Terraform.
* Build and deploy applications by adopting DevOps practices such as CI/CD in runtime with tools like Jenkins and Bitbucket.
* Experience in Amazon AWS Cloud Services: EC2, VPC, Data Migration Service, Lambda, RDS, S3, SNS, IAM, EventBridge, Step Functions, and managing security on AWS.
* Experience in Database Services: Amazon Aurora MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB.
* Good experience in Python scripting to automate AWS Services.
* Knowledge of enterprise-level database solutions, such as Oracle and MS-SQL.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
* Change Data Capture understanding.
* Experience with large-scale data environments.
* Experience in creating release documentation.
* Microservice architecture understanding.
* Familiarity with GCP and its services: Datastream, BigQuery, CloudSQL.
* Experience with JIRA – Kanban Boards, agile methodology.
Pearson’s Benefits:
* 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days); annual leave trading, +/- 5 days.
* Annual Bonus
* Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age.
* Life, private medical, and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests.
* Stock/share purchase options.
* Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working policies.
* An employee wellbeing assistance programme.
* Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts.
Location: This role is aligned to our Manchester, Rotherham, or London offices with hybrid working; our current policy requires team members to visit their base office no more than once a week, with occasional business travel to other Pearson sites.
Diversity: At Pearson, we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced as strengths and opportunities are equal and accessible.
How to apply: Please submit an updated CV and cover letter (optional) in English. If you have any additional questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
We look forward to receiving your application - Talent Acquisition Team
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.
Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. All 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.
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 TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.
Job: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: Assessment & Qualifications
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Req ID: 16444
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