Senior Data Analyst

at  Pearson

JOB TITLE: Senior Data Analyst
JOB TYPE: Full time
DIVISON: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery
LOCATION: Rotherham, Manchester, or London
About Pearson: At Pearson we ‘add life to a lifetime of learning’ so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. Our Purpose | Add Life to a Lifetime of Learning. Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Our 20,000+ employees are dedicated to creating the high-quality, digital-first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong 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.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• AWS Aurora, DMS, Glue, Lambda, Quicksight, S3
• AWS SNS\SQS pub/sub/queue concepts
• Jenkins\Terraform – Infrastructure as code
• JIRA – Kanban Boards, agile methodology
• MS SQL Server – Technical knowledge
• MySQL – Technical knowledge
• Oracle APEX – Technical knowledge
• PostgreSQL – Technical knowledge
• Python – Script writing

OTHER SKILLS

• Automated testing design and setup
• Business Intelligence – Design and best practice
• Change Data Capture understanding
• Data Warehousing concepts, design and loading strategies
• Excellent Communication & Planning
• CI/CD – Pipeline setup and repository (Bitbucket) knowledge Event driven architecture knowledge
• SQL – Script design and writing to interrogate data
• Teams and other Microsoft office apps
• Experience with large-scale data environments
• Experience with Integration / Ingestions of data
• Excellent organisational skills, proactive, self-starter with a curious approach to data and its value
• Presenting to stakeholders both internal and external
• Working with product management, product owners, data architects, business stakeholders

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• JIRA & Confluence
• Teams and other Microsoft office apps
• Trello

Please refer the Job description for details