Application Engineer (Azure)

Company: Kantar TNS
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 11, 2021

Job Description:

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in.To start a career that is out of the ordinary, please apply...Job DetailsAt 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.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.The Kantar Insights Division is looking to hire an Application Engineer to support a rapidly expanding business that is seeking cloud-based alternatives to current U.S. infrastructure-based solutions in order to support global market demands.Our Insights colleagues are the experts in helping clients connect with people. This includes survey design, sampling, profiling, data integration and activation for programmatic campaigns. Their single access point to 88 million deeply-profiled research-ready respondents enables clients to build rich profiles of their target audience and access immediately actionable data.KEY OUTCOMES* Become a vital part of the Kantar Marketplace software development team and assist with new product planning, design and implementation* Help create and maintain the standards and procedures to promote application deployments across environments with minimal / no down time.* Working with QA department to provide sign off and change management for production deployments.* Working with Solution Architects and Lead Developers to design the implementation architecture for our solutions using IaaS / PaaS / SaaS cloud based capabilities.* Working with Solution Architects and developers, trouble shoot any issues found in deployed systems.* Working with 3rd party IT providers to integrate their solutions with our own.* Working with internal Compliance teams to ensure all data privacy and protection are part of the overall solutions in global context.CAPABILITIES* Azure and AWS Cloud Services including WepApps, , SQL Server Mgmt, Web Jobs Microservices and Functions as well as Storage Accounts.* Windows and Azure Powershell.* Geo-Distributed data collection and traffic management.* Understanding of local IIS (HA/Load balanced) implementations including CDN integration.* Strong understanding of application and platform based security best practices including OWASP, ISO and GDPR* SDLC methodologies.* Atlassian Suite (Jira, BitBucket/GIT, Bamboo).* GIT source control and branch managementPreferred Skills* Experience with "Containerizing" applications with solutions such as Docker, Kubernetes.* IIS / Apache and Database deployments.* Understanding of REST API and other secure data transfers (testing and securing)* Basic understanding of Big Data system architecture/limitations* Agile development processes.* Experience in migration of IIS/SQL .Net stack application to Azure PaaS/IaaS.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(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.comLocationAustin, West 5th StreetUnited States of AmericaKantar Rewards StatementAt 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.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.

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