**Role: Senior Java Analyst-Developer (full time)** **Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery** **Location: Rotherham, UK.** **Salary: £50-56k, plus target bonus of 8%** **About Pearson** **Our purpose:** 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 **Our company:** 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. **Diversity:** At Pearson we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced as strengths and opportunities are equal and accessible. **Flexible working:** Pearson is committed to hybrid working practices and has adopted flexible remote and virtual working. Where possible our employees can choose to manage their attendance to the office more flexibly. **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. **About the job** The position is for a Senior Analyst-Developer to work on a business critical AWS-hosted Marking Platform, as we transition ownership of the platform from another Pearson team. The role will focus on both knowledge transfer and strategic development. **About you** We’d expect that you can demonstrate delivery of several business-critical projects as a full-stack developer, developing solutions that provide real benefit to users and working in an Agile project delivery environment using Scrum or Kanban. Additionally, we’d expect you to demonstrate experience of creating technical documentation and knowledge repositories to support knowledge transfer. **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. **Your benefits and rewards** Here at Pearson we offer a range of benefits, which include: + 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days); annual leave trading, +/- 5 days + Annual Bonus + Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age + Life, private medical and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests + Stock/share purchase options + Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working policies + An employee wellbeing assistance programme + Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts **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. 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. **Job:** TECHNOLOGY **Organization:** Assessment & Qualifications **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** Hybrid **Req ID:** 18487