Nielsen is seeking an innovative and experienced Engineer to spearhead the identification, design and development of critical infrastructure components for enabling cloud adoption within the Watch business. This individual will work as a senior member of the Nielsen Tech Transformation team to specify, design, and develop critical framework and components for use in migration from legacy on-premises database systems to the latest cloud technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, and be proficient in one or more database technologies (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, RedShift, etc…). If you have a passion for the latest technology and are looking for an exciting opportunity, we look forward to hearing from you.

Desired Qualifications:

• Architecture, design, implementation, and operational support expertise with major Cloud Computing services (AWS, Azure, Google, Rackspace / OpenStack, etc.).

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Project planning and management skills.

• Strong "problem-solver" with honed IT / IS troubleshooting skills.

• AWS Certifications desired. Certifications for other Cloud platforms a plus.

• Demonstrated success with Cloud / Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and security design / implementation / operations.

• Experience in aspects of Linux systems management a plus (experience managing other UNIX variants also a plus).

• Experience with continuous integration and deployment automation tools such as Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Terraform, as well as knowledge of Shell Scripting, Python Programming, and the Boto3 SDK, CI/CD

• Superior customer relation skills.

• Strong customer focus

• Team player!

Required experience:

• High Performance Computing Solutions: 4 years

• AWS Cloud Architecture: 2 years