Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
In this exciting and fast-paced role you will be responsible for design, implementation and support of the Pearson VUE cloud infrastructure in Azure. You will work closely within the Development and Operations organizations to support the design, automation, and deployments of applications and infrastructure.
You should have technical experience in building infrastructure and applications for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery. A key portion of your job will be to help move from a traditional infrastructure deployment model to an infrastructure as code model with automation and monitoring via DevOps.
You should have excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to work across teams to create optimal business solutions.Qualifications
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Delivery of Cloud infrastructure strategies aligned with business objectives with a focus on Cloud migrations
Provide leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques including mass application movements into the cloud including:
Design, implementation and support of infrastructure as code
Research new cloud technologies and prototype solutions that can be leveraged to decrease costs and increase performance
Assess and compare cloud native PaaS with cloud-enabled traditional infrastructure
Mentor existing staff on cloud computing best practices and technology to drive cloud adoption
Design of cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure using industry best practices
Provide code reviews of team members work.
Perform Quality Assurance (i.e. Testing) on other team members development activities.
Participate in agile activities (daily standups, backlog refinement, iteration planning, retrospectives, etc.)
Contribute to team's backlog by creating stories and defects as they arise
Take ownership of assigned tasking
Participate in on call rotation (approx. once every 6 weeks)REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
4 year degree in Computer Science.
5+ years of software development experience building enterprise applications, solution design and technical architecture experience.
3+ years experience in Azure based cloud computing based services architecture.
2+ years Programming experience (Java, C#, etc.)
Strong understanding across cloud and infrastructure components (server, storage, data, and applications) to deliver end to end cloud infrastructure architectures and designs
Experience automating infrastructure in a cloud environment using Terraform and Ansible
Experience with Windows and Linux-based operating system configuration, automation and management
Shell scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
Proficiency with patch orchestration or vulnerability remediation
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and efficiently
Excellent technical analysis and problem solving skillsPREFERRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
Container technologies such as Docker
Build automation tools such as Packer
Building continuous integration and delivery pipelines with tools like Jenkins or Team City.
Designing outage less systems using practices such as Blue / Green or Rolling Deployments
Experience in a managed Kubernetes implementation (KubeSpray, EKS, KOPS)
Experience with monitoring and analytical tools (Splunk, New Relic)
Certificate Management (client certificates, server certificates, certificate authorities, etc.)
Familiarity with cloud based disaster recovery and HA system development
Infrastructure experience (firewalls, load balancer, AD, DNS, etc.)
Networking experience
Agile exposure
Capable of building informative and visually appealing Grafana Dashboard
Proficient in using GitHub for version control, collaboration, and project management and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
DevSecOps (Cloudvisory, Tigera, etc.)
DNS management
Continuous infrastructure testing
GIT based Source Control SystemsAbout Us: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:Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. All employment is decided 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 .To learn more about Pearson's commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, navigate to: .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.