<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:500px"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><img alt="" src="/logo/0000000233/6977cYoung Boy.jpg" style="height:300px; width:882px" /></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Platform Engineer - Cloud Operations</span></span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. We are now transforming Pearson to accelerate our activity in digital learning, education services and emerging markets. This will enable us to make a lasting impact in helping to solve some of the most important challenges in global education.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Pearson Lanka is currently seeking a Platform Engineer - Cloud Operations, who will be seen as a Subject Matter Expert in the cloud space and will work as a part of a global team. Your main responsibilities are to help maintain systems stability, availability, and performance levels. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the design and build of the Pearson Technology Services.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Reporting to the Manager – Cloud Operations, you will form part of a global team that will drive best practice in the PaaS arena, we work in a lean agile fashion with fortnightly sprints. You will be expected to collaborate with, and support other agile product development teams and operational teams whose primary responsibilities will be to support education services in production and pre-production environments.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Based in Orion City, Colombo, you will be a passionate engineer with a hunger to learn and adapt to new technology quickly. We demand people who are naturally curious, can self-start and share learnings and outcomes effectively with a distributed team.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">We’re proud of our people - their drive, talent and enthusiasm. Here we work together to deliver exceptional outcomes that push the limits. We’re passionate about our mission to help others reach their full potential through learning and education and this passion demands we only hire the very best.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><strong>Selection Criteria:</strong></span></span></div> <div> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">1+ years of extensive operations experience in Linux operating systems.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">1+ years of in-depth, hands on experience of at least two major clouds (AWS, OpenStack, Azure etc.…) is an added advantage.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Command of configuration management principles and an ability to code your desired state.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Deep understanding of distributed system design and dependency management.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Strong grasp of monitoring tools, approach and implementation.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Proven experience of implementing software defined networking.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Solid working experience of continuous integration practices & tools (Jenkins, Travis CI etc.…)</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">An established history of working in agile teams.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Ability to quickly work with debug and errors logs.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Willing to travel to USA at various times for collaboration activities.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">24x7 Availability in case of emergencies.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Pearson’s corporate values are Brave; Imaginative; Decent and Accountable. It is crucial that these values resonate with you and you are able to embody these values. You will be naturally positive, adaptable, proactive, organized and comfortable operating in a changing and ambiguous environment.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">In exchange for your hard work you will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, potential eligibility for an annual bonus, supportive peers and management team, opportunities to participate in sporting and social events, career development, training programs and other benefits. Other benefits include transportation services, potential eligibility for Pearson Shares (save for shares scheme), and OPD / Insurance / Medical.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter and please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted via phone.</span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Apply Here: https://pearson.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=1704557</span></span></strong></div> </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p>