Senior Cloud Engineer – Pearson

The Pearson Virtual Schools SRE team is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support our applications recently migrated from legacy data centers to the cloud. As an SRE, you will work alongside software engineering, rapid response, and incident management teams to create highly redundant and scalable systems in the AWS and Azure clouds.

Location: Raleigh/Durham, NC – Hybrid position working 3 days in office, 2 days remote

Responsibilities:

• Work with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal AWS cloud-based solutions.
• Solve complex problems.
• Ability to work independently with little to no guidance in some situations.
• Optimize performance, scale-out, and build resiliency in the platform.
• Troubleshoot priority incidents, facilitate post-mortems, and ensure permanent closure of incidents.
• Contribute to developing best practices for Infrastructure as Code, software build tools, and Continuous Integration.
• Run, operate, and upkeep Pearson Cloud systems.
• Administration of Cloud services, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Support automation services and scripting for cloud deployment and migrations.
• Reduce and remove toil through automation.
• Support cross-cloud applications (AWS and Azure).
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call support rotation.

Qualifications – Desired Experience:

• 5+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on AWS platforms.
• Advanced understanding of the following AWS Services; EC2, ECS, IAM, Cloudwatch, Lambda, FSx, ECR, S3, EFS, Route53, Elasticache.
• Infrastructure as Code – CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Experience with containers – Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Advanced experience automating tasks and services with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, Go, bash, and/or similar programming language.
• Experience with the Linux and Windows Server Operating Systems, Active Directory, and IIS.
• Strong understanding and experience with the five pillars of well-architected frameworks.
• Experience in monitoring cloud-based systems using tools like NewRelic, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.
• Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
• Familiarity with agile software development lifecycle. – Jira.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git.
• Experience with one or more programming skills like C#, Java, or Golang.
• Experience in designing, analyzing, and solving large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong Knowledge of networking protocols and cybersecurity best practices in a cloud environment.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines – w/ Azure Devops and GitHub.

Preferred Skills:

• AWS Solution Architect Associate certification is desirable.
• Hashicorp Terraform certification is desirable.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $120k- 140k.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Please submit a resume/cover letter that discusses the technologies that you are most proficient in as it relates to this position.

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 Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We want a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. 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. We strive for a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities.

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.

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