KANTAR Hiring For DevOps Engineer (remote) at New Jersey Full Time

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Job Details

Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote (East / Central Time Zone preferred)

Please note: This role does not support Work visa sponsorship now or in the future

At Kantar, cloud computing continues to allow us to modernize and consolidate IT infrastructure, automate workloads, and pursue next-generation innovation. To continue this ongoing transformation, we’re seeking an experienced Microsoft Azure (80%) and Amazon Web Services (%20) cloud engineer with expertise in the strategy, design, development, and implementation of large-scale projects in the cloud. The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based tech, with a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, applications, and ability to customize them to help our business become more secure and efficient. Extensive knowledge of cloud maintenance, experience handling production-level resources, and advanced industry knowledge is key to keeping us on the cutting edge. From day one, you’ll have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of our IT operations, and an ongoing impact on our overall growth.

Objectives of this Role

• Work in tandem with our software engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the Kantar Profiles Network platform

• Define and document standard processes and strategies regarding cloud solution, as well as infrastructure, deployment and maintenance through automation and repeatable processes

• Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies

• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of security, automation and recovery of hosting environments

• Running cloud environments in accordance with company data privacy and compliance guidelines

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy cloud application hosting environments at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics

• Play a major role in Infra as Code initiatives using Terraform and other configuration/deployment tools to deploy resources consistently and with minimal configuration variance

• Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for cloud solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance

• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures

• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required

• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or mathematics

• 3+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions on Azure platforms

• Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected frameworks

• Experience in several of the following areas: expert LAN/WAN and TCP/IP skills, secure web application hosting, Data ETL, Microsoft database solutions (sysadmin only), AWS S3 and IAM with policies, application CI/CD, identity management

• Shown ability to collaborative with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and domain experts

• Experience with Infra As Code and general deployment pipeline is required

• Master at logging, monitoring and alert management to ensure optimal application cloud spend, performance and availability

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS and Azure certifications are a plus

• Strong knowledge of web services, Rest API and underlying web hosting infrastructure

• Experience with large data movements, data encryption and protection protocols

• Expert in cloud infrastructure networking layers and security

• Familiarity with Agile development strategies and processes to deploy and host highly used applications

• Skilled in at least one form of automation scripting such as PowerShell, Python, BASH or similar

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package, including

• Medical plans with comprehensive, affordable coverage for a range of health services

• Health Savings Account/FSA

• Dental, Vision and benefits to cover unique healthcare needs

• Wellness Program

• 401k with matching

• Tuition Reimbursement, Commuter benefits

• Unlimited PTO

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

The salary range for this role in New Jersey is 107,300.00 – 178,900.00 USD Annual. Your final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Location

New Jersey, Work from HomeUnited States of America

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. 

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. 

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. 

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. 

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.