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Nielsen Marketing Cloud is a big-data group within Nielsen, a global measurement and big data analytics company. We are looking for a highly skilled Devops engineer with a strong passion for cutting-edge technologies.
We process 25TB of data each day in a highly distributed system. We work on 4 different AWS regions. We daily run 1000s of concurrent instances and millions of Lambda functions. We store over 3 Petabytes of data spanning hundreds of s3 buckets. We manage it all using dozens of Gitlab projects, Terraform, and in-house applications.
Job Overview
- As a Sr DevOps engineer, you will be in charge of planning and deploying production servers in high scale on AWS, deploying services to Kubernetes, monitoring our infrastructure, and supporting our development teams.
- Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop, automate, and enhance SaaS/PaaS platforms built on AWS
- Lead discussions with developers, driving technical/architectural decisions relating to DevOps/AWS best practices
- Deploy Infrastructure as code (IAC) to improve the availability, scalability, and efficiency of platforms
- Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of production systems
- Build automated tests, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms to help assure the quality and stability of various services
- Mentor and teach newer members of the Platform Operations team and other development teams about new tools and services we're using
- Implement and manage continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems and methodologies (Gitlab, Kubernetes)
Technical skills
- 8+ years of experience with Cloud services in a 24x7 uptime environment
- Fluent in bash and SQL for automation. Python is an advantage.
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Experience with automation technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Gitlab, Jenkins (or similar platforms).
- Experience with system monitoring tools, analyze and resolve complex infrastructure and application deployment issues
- Experience in one or more SQL databasesA bachelor’s degree in computer science or related fields, or equivalent work experience
Soft Skills
- A team mentor
- Present your ideas and drive to decisions Ability to work collaboratively and self-manage schedule/priorities
- Be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, meet deadlines, effectively manage priorities, and communicate progress
- Passion for learning and finding that unexpected solution
- Fluent in English (verbal AND written)Advantages - experience with: Python, Kafka, and Java
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