The Senior Site Reliability Engineer plays a crucial role within a small team, ensuring our critical services are secure, reliable, cost-effective, performant, and operationally excellent. This position demands a versatile professional who can contribute across development, system operations, resiliency testing, security hardening, and performance engineering. The ideal candidate is comfortable tackling new engineering challenges, conceptualising solutions, and implementing designs collaboratively. This role is pivotal in guiding our organisation towards modern application and infrastructure management practices while fostering the team's growth and skills development. Key responsibilities include: + Addressing the most complex problems impacting the team's products + Developing innovative tools and processes to solve high-level challenges + Advocating for and modelling best practices, particularly for junior team members + Building trust and relationships with product development teams + Collaborating with development teams to diagnose and resolve systems issues + Mentoring junior team members in their SRE journey + Demonstrating deep knowledge across the team's product portfolio + Ensuring consistent process implementation across multiple applications Minimum Qualifications: + Minimum of 6 years of relevant infrastructure development and software support experience + Experience architecting cloud-based solutions on AWS + Proficiency in managing cloud infrastructure on AWS + Strong familiarity with Linux operating systems + Proficiency in scripting languages like Ruby, Python, or Bash + Experience with Terraform Nice to Have: + Experience with pipeline processes and implementations (e.g., Jenkins and Groovy) + Solid understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies + Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, particularly AWS + Broad understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms and concepts + Versatility in troubleshooting various hosting technologies (web servers, Java platforms, OS, networks, virtualisation, databases) + Knowledge of general networking concepts (CDN, WAF, DNS, PKI) + Understanding of security policies and implementation + Familiarity with backup and disaster recovery concepts + Experience in a production environment supporting mission-critical applications + Knowledge of standard production practices, including change management This role requires a proactive and adaptable individual who can thrive in a dynamic environment and drive innovation, service reliability, and performance excellence. **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 Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. 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 actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 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:** Corporate Strategy&Technology **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** Hybrid **Req ID:** 19300