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　　ABOUT THIS JOB

　　At Nielsen, we bring together big data and technology to provide our media clients with insights into consumers’ viewing behavior. We are looking for DevOps Engineer to join our team in Chicago and build a robust, reliable and available cloud based data science platform.

　　RESPONSIBILITIES -

　　Provide technical support to data scientists using the platform (both internal and external)

　　Diagnose technical faults on a platform using Kubernetes, Airflow, Spark, Jupyterhub, Gluster, Azure, AWS

　　Write software as necessary to ensure system reliability

　　Read and debug data science models written using Python, Spark, R, etc

　　Manage the lifecycle of trouble tickets assigned to the platform

　　Escalate issues to the platform team, other business units, and vendors as necessary

　　Must be able to juggle multiple priorities and handle work requests with a sense of urgency. Must have the technical skills to understand a cloud-based containerized data science platform

　　A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU -

　　You are a DevOps and Cloud based systems enthusiast who likes to work on cutting-edge technologies in an environment that gives you the freedom to explore, play, and learn, then Nielsen is the right place for you. You love solving problems for your clients and bringing creative new ideas to their business. Curiosity, communication, and critical thinking drive your work. You manage relationships and expectations as well as you manage projects. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure——you focus, dig in, and get it done.QUALIFICATIONS -

　　BS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

　　Passionate about cloud technology and statistical modeling

　　Working Knowledge of Python

　　Experience with Unix/Linux based platforms

　　Experience with some cloud-based platform (AWS, Azure, GCE, OpenStack, DO, Linode, etc)

　　NICE TO HAVE -

　　Experience with Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, Jenkins or similar technologies like Puppet, Chef, etc

　　Knowledge of Ruby, Scala, Javascript, R, C++ Experience with Kubernetes or similar technologies (Mesos, ECS, Docker Swarm, etc)

　　Experience building or maintaining statistical models