**JOB TITLE:** Senior DevOps Engineer **JOB TYPE:** Full time **DIVISON:** Pearson Assessment Services **LOCATION:** Rotherham, Manchester, or London **About Pearson:** Our purpose at Pearson is to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. At the heart of this is a commitment to sustainable practices and meaningful, measurable outcomes. We are the world’s leading learning company. Our ability to help people learn is built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Our 18,000+ employees around the world in 70 countries in which we operate are dedicated to doing just that: creating the digital-first, accessible and sustainable learning resources that prepare tens of millions of people each year for a lifetime of learning **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. We are part of Pearson School Qualifications which supports the curriculum, qualifications and assessments for students in the UK and globally, delivering exams to over 3.4 million students in over 80 countries annually and operating as a centre of excellence in qualifications and assessment. **About You:** This would suit 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 on Infrastructure as a code (IAC) deployment with Terraform. + Build and deploy applications by adopting DevOps practices such as CI/CD in runtime with various tools such as Jenkins, repository 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 of Python scripting language to automate AWS Services. + Good 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. + Good to know GCP and its services: Datastream, BigQuery, CloudSQL + 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:** The role is aligned to our Manchester, Rotherham, or London offices. Our Rotherham office is located at Junction 1 of the M18. All our roles are hybrid working; our current policy requires our team to visit their base office no more than once a week, and with the possibility of occasional business travel to other Pearson sites. Candidates must be a suitable commute from their base office as our office presence policy may change to require more frequent presence in 2024. **Diversity:** At Pearson we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture wheredifferences are embraced as strengths and opportunities are equal and accessible. **How to apply:** Thank you for your interest in applying for a role at Pearson. 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. 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. Note that the information you provide will stay confidential and will be stored securely. It will not be seen by those involved in making decisions as part of the recruitment process. **Job:** TECHNOLOGY **Organization:** Assessment & Qualifications **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** Hybrid **Req ID:** 16444