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Pearson Site Reliability Engineer in United States
Site Reliability Engineer - ( 2010820 )
Description
At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.
The Site Reliability Engineer is a key member of a small team focused on ensuring that our critical services are secure, reliable, cost-effective, performant, and operationally excellent. This role requires a generalist who can contribute with needs in development, system operations, resiliency testing, security hardening, and performance engineering. The Site Reliability Engineer is comfortable taking on new engineering challenges, defining potential solutions, and implementing designs in a team environment. This position plays an important role in our organization’s evolution towards contemporary application and infrastructure management practices and will be expected to both guide and support the team’s growth and learning.
Primary expectations include:
Taking on the most challenging problems facing the team’s products
Solving “higher-order” problems facing the team by developing new tools or processes
Being strong advocates for best practices by modeling and teaching them to junior members
Develop relationships with the product development teams by building trust
Diagnose systems problems shoulder to shoulder with development teams
Mentoring the junior team members on their journey as an SRE
Being able to speak in-depth about the majority (if not all) of the products handled by the team
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years prior relevant software development experience required.
Prior experience in architecting cloud-based solutions on Azure or AWS.
Prior experience in managing cloud infrastructure in Azure or AWS
Prior experience with data center technologies including VMWare, Storage, and Networking
Experience or familiarity with Azure DevOps
Proficiency in Ruby, Python, or PowerShell desired.
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts desired and infrastructure as a service offerings. (AWS or Azure)
A strong understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms and infrastructure concepts required.
A strong understanding of the SDLC and the Agile software development methodology required.
Versatility as demonstrated with troubleshooting diverse sets of hosting technologies (web server platforms, Java application platforms, operating systems, network components, virtualization technologies, database platforms) strongly desired.
Understanding of general networking concepts and protocols desired.
Experience in a production environment supporting mission-critical applications desired.
Knowledge of standard production practices including change management desired.
The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $90,000-$107,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.
Benefits available to eligible employees can be seen at: https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/
Primary Location : US-MD-Columbia
Other Locations : US-RE-Remote
Work Locations :
US-MD-Columbia-Grantchester Merriweather
10960 Grantchester WayTwo Merriweather
Columbia21044
Job : Technology
Organization : Technology & Operations
Employee Status : Regular Employee
Job Type : Standard
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Shift : Day Job
Job Posting : Jan 5, 2021
Job Unposting : Ongoing
Schedule: : Full-time Regular
Req ID: 2010820