At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.
About the role
You’ll be working within an international group of teams which span from the US till India. This group is responsible for creating and managing reference data from all the broadcast and streaming stations across the continental US, collecting and processing data from our meters in panelists’ homes for Television audience measurement.
As a Senior/Lead Devops Engineer you will help to increase speed of delivery, improve quality/security of code, and optimize processes for the development team.
You will be responsible for identifying the bottlenecks of various development and delivery processes, working with team members to improve them, and improving the overall experience of developers.
Responsibilities
Work closely with Tech Leads and developers of various teams to assess existing problems and to come up with process improvement solutions
Detect upcoming bottlenecks and production issues proactively and consult teams hands-on towards improved technical solutions
Participate in planning delivery time, code quality, and process efficiency improvement projects
Execute on plan by building coding standardizations and automating processes for the organization
Perform daily tasks such as environmental health checks, disk space monitoring, and environmental status reports
Maintain and grows knowledge of platform configuration management and troubleshooting
Actively participate in deploying application artifacts to appropriate target environments using the supported technologies and infrastructure
Survey developers and technical members of the organization to understand their main pain points in the coding and development process
Collaborate with the rest of DevOps team to deliver consistent and holistic solution to the organization
Key skills
6+ years of experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer on a cross-functional agile team
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering
Technical Skills
Excellent coding and scripting skills (Bash, Python) and experience with implementing high-scale cloud architectures using modern, cloud-based container platforms (PaaS/SaaS)
Working knowledge of deployment automation solutions (i.e. Terraform, Helm, etc.)
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) and cluster management tools like Kubernetes, Docker, configuration management and monitoring
Experience with continuous integration and related tools such as Jenkins, Hudson, Maven, Ant, Git, Sonar, etc.
Experienced with building, debugging, operating systems, databases and infrastructure at scale
Mindset and attributes
Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex technical concepts and align organization on decisions
Sound problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly process complex information and present it clearly and simply
Utilizes team collaboration to create innovative solutions efficiently
