About the role

What will you do at Pearson?

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Description

Job Title: Cloud Services Engineer III

As a Cloud and Hosting Services Analyst for Pearson, you will be helping to

collect and analyze data to provide Cloud financial insights critical to our

success as a business as it relates to an Infrastructure and Operations

organization.

Responsibilities

include, but not limited to:
* Produce insightful reports for multi-cloud platforms that can be shared with
and actioned by Management.
* Work effectively with cross-functional teams globally, assimilating
requirements, driving results in the form of data insights and building
strategic partnerships.
* Support the FinOps team with setting goals/KPIs, retrieving data and
modeling
* Partner heavily with our Cloud Governance team to map data process flows,
allowing FinOps to gather a single source of data source.
* Analyze and forecast cloud hosting costs.
* Provide cost optimization recommendations.
* Create and maintain month-end and quarter-end reports.
* Use Agile methodology for planning and execution.
* Use tools and technology to make data driven decisions.
* Collecting requirements for targeted automation projects; exploring potential
solutions based on fit, up-skilling need, team skillsets, cost, and current
and long-term strategies
What Skills You Need
* Self-starter who can also work with a team to deliver superior customer
service
* Knowledge of financial principles and business analytics.
* Ability to work with multiple internal teams to provide the best experience
for our customers
* Understanding of applications development environment, database, data
management and infrastructure capabilities and constraints.
* Ability to analyze and produce meaningful insights from large datasets
* Strong analytical background with an aptitude for understanding technology
* Experience with advanced Excel functions required
* Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud,
etc.
What Makes You Stand Out
* Experience with Cloud billing and cost management tools and processes
* Experience in cost management tactics such as enterprise-wide discount
programs and commitment plans (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot,
Sustained Use/Committed Use Discounts)
* Experience with 3rd party cloud cost optimization tools (Cloudability)
* Understanding of database and big data management capabilities and
constraints (RDBMS, NoSQL, Datalake, etc)
* Experience managing or developing automation with object-oriented programming
languages (Java, Python) and understanding of appropriate use
* Experience with the AWS Cloud platform and leveraging appropriate AWS
services (e.g. S3, Lambda) as part of development of automated solutions.
* Experience leveraging REST API for extracting and/or posting data
* Understanding of building and deploying Agentic AI

Qualifications

Education (or equivalent work experience)
* Undergraduate or master's degree in computer science, management information
systems, data analytics
* +5 years of experience in IT (Business Analytics, Project Management, IT
Finance)

Compensation

at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but

not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As

required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New

Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington

DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $100,000 - $115,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and

information on benefits offered is here

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Applications will be accepted through 14th September 2026. This window may be

extended depending on business needs.

Which skills does this role require?

Cloud financial analysisFinOpsData modelingCloud governanceCost optimizationReportingAgile methodologyExcelAzureAWSGoogle CloudIBM CloudPythonJavaREST APIAgentic AICloud ServicesCloud GovernanceData AnalyticsCost OptimizationMulti-cloudAgileRDBMSNoSQLDatalakeBusiness AnalyticsProject ManagementIT FinanceAutomationReserved InstancesSavings PlansCloudabilityKPIsInfrastructureOperationsFinancial PrinciplesREST APIsGCP

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