ABOUT UK ASSESSMENT & QUALIFICATIONS

We are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres. Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification, in a highly regulated business. We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable and resilient services.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in Java & J2EE principles, Spring Core, JPA, and Hibernate frameworks.
• Experience in RDBMS and involve in writing SQL queries (MySQL 8.0), Procedures, and NoSQL queries using Mongo DB.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services like EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Cache, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Dynamo DB, AWS APIs for S3
• Experience in developing the user interface screens with JSF Prime Faces, Angular, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, JavaScript (ES5+), Backbone JS / React JS / Node JS and Bootstrap.
• Experience in Restful API for producing and consuming web services.
• Technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Excellent Problem-Solving Skills and Working in Teams.

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudFront, and AWS Step Functions.
• Microservices Architecture with Spring Boot and Docker.
• Jasper Framework.
• Selenium Framework for automated testing.
• Docker
• JMeter
• Maven
  The role is aligned to our Rotherham office, located at Junction 1 of the M18, making it commutable from Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster, Derby or Nottingham.
  This role is mainly hybrid working, meaning visiting your base office no more than once a week with the possibility of occasional travel to other Pearson sites, however, there is a requirement to be present in your base office 4 days per week during the business critical period of May to July. There is also a requirement to provide on-call out of hours support during this period.
  We work a 37.5 hour week, with all our team free to flex their day around our core hours, which are Monday to Friday, 10 to 4 GMT/BST. School runs, etc can be accommodated. Other flexible working patterns can be considered, including part-time working and non-traditional hours. As we regularly work with global teams, particularly in India and the US, there may be the occasional need to accommodate meetings outside of core hours.

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 Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We want a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment decisions are 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 TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.
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Job: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: Assessment & Qualifications
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Req ID: 18487