Senior Technical Specialist job from Pearson Lanka Pvt Ltd in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Friday 24th, April 2020
Colombo
Full-Time
IT-Hardware / Networking IT-Software / Internet
A key architectural / engineering role in the project lifecycle working closely with lead architect and the team. Works directly with product teams to learn and document the technical aspects of both their business and technical requirements. Performs cost benefit analysis, architectural tradeoff analysis and research to identify most cost effective/efficient solutions to implement. Demonstrates how the proposed solutions address the business challenges and guides software engineering teams to implement them.
Qualifications
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
● Minimum four (5) years of experience in software engineering and design
● One (1) year of additional experience in a similar capacity providing architectural & engineering guidance to the teams.
● Bachelors degree in Computing, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics or
equivalent.
● Strong skills and passion in software architecture & design and the desire to learn and continuously improve on the product quality, performance and other non functional
requirements.
● Strong technical skills and hands on experience in Java, Node JS, Perl and related tools & technologies including open source front-end & server side technologies.
● Experience on AWS or other cloud computing.
● Hands on experience on Linux/ Unix OS
● Hands on experience on RDBMS technologies and understanding of NoSQL and Big
Data architecture.
● Experience and knowledge on OOP, Analysis & Design, Architectural & Design Patterns, Unit Testing and development of highly scalable web applications.
● Experience in Agile software development practices such as SCRUM & TDD / ATDD.
● Basic experience or knowledge on building, packaging & deployment tools, web & application servers and database technologies.
● Provision of indepth technical skills to fix adhoc incidents/problems, mentoring and
support DevOps teams to ensure best practice.
● Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact
with prompt and professionalism to the teams across multiple geographies and time
zones.
Primary Location: LK-LK-Colombo
Work Locations: LK-Colombo-200 Nawala Maga One Maga One No. 200, Nawala Road, Narahenpita Colombo
Job: Technology
Organization: Technology & Operations
Employee Status: Regular Employee
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Job Posting: Jul 1, 2019
Job Unposting: Ongoing
Schedule: Full-time Regular
Req ID: 1907197
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Skills required
Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with prompt and professionalism to the teams across multiple geographies and time zones.
Strong skills and passion in software architecture & design and the desire to learn and continuously improve on the product quality, performance and other non functional
Strong technical skills and hands on experience in Java, Node JS, Perl and related tools & technologies including open source front-end & server side technologies.
Provision of indepth technical skills to fix adhoc incidents/problems, mentoring and support DevOps teams to ensure best practice.