Location: Chennai, IN
Company: Nielsen
If 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. Join a close-knit, passionate team that collaborates in an Agile environment to develop great technology. We encourage professional growth opportunities and invest in your personal development.
Job Purpose:
- Ensure the reliability and availability of a cloud-based data science platform
Job Description:
- 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
Role Requirements:
- 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)
Desired Skills:
- 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