Job Description

Provide technical leadership and guide the Production Control activities of the team: Conduct E2E review of our weekly critical path for delivery across all of our technology stacks. Facilitate and prioritize client and platform specific requests from our Operation Delivery Leads and Client Partners. Consult with our PTO (Product/Tech/Ops) team to prioritize and deliver on critical offerings, enhancements and deliveries. Enhance and maintain a comprehensive validation framework to ensure high quality output of data. Collaborate with Tech and Support teams to optimize user experience. Optimize queries and cache building so that user requests on the platform run efficiently. Identify opportunities changes that can be run more efficiently or modify processes. Implement ongoing processes to clean out stale data and ensure data tables are built most efficiently. Query the system as needed to help with client inquiries and data challenges. Ideate further efficiencies of our processes and delivery framework. Review process flow and necessary jobs that are executed. Identify all manual steps taken and determine how to automate. Involves International travel to India 7-14 days per year for vendor management and in-house operation management. Involves the opportunity to telecommute from within the Chicago, IL area for up to 2 days per week, as feasible. Tools: Snowflake, .txt,.CSV, XML’s. datastage, core java, Microsoft Azure platform, blob, airflow, unix, Python.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, statistics or related field with a strong IT focus such as electrical and electronics engineering quantitative or technical field (foreign equivalent degree acceptable) plus five (5) years of experience in operational delivery of data (would also accept a master’s degree plus 3 years of experience). This must include: 5 years of experience in: Coding Unix, shell scripting, code deployment and management; querying skills using SQL, and PL/SQL. OLTP, OLAP databases such as Snowflake, and Netezza; object oriented programming; data warehousing tools such as: datastage, Informatica, ODI, SAS, and Ab Initio; Dimensional models, slowly changing dimensions (SCD), STAR Schema and Snowflake schema data models; Core Java; Microsoft Azure platform, Blob, Airflow; Cloud native, and data warehousing CPG Industry. 3 years of experience in R, Python and utilizing all File formats including .txt,.CSV, and XML’s. and 2 years of experience in: working in a fast paced environment, drive resolution with urgency; written and verbal communication skills and ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills. Involves International travel to India 7-14 days per year for vendor management and in-house operation management. Involves the opportunity to telecommute from within the Chicago, IL area for up to 2 days per week, as feasible.

Additional Information

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

JOB TYPE: Regular

PRIMARY LOCATION: North America-US-Chicago, IL

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SCHEDULE: Full-time

SHIFT: Day

TRAVEL: Yes

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About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.