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About the job

Are you ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic and pioneering environment? We are seeking a skilled Tech Lead DevSecOps Engineer to join our passionate engineering community. In this pivotal role, you will craft and deploy brand-new solutions that ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of our next-generation platform. Your experience and contribution will shape how we integrate security into our development processes, empowering our teams to deliver outstanding results.

Support team, improve DevSecOps with standard methodologies. Collaborate for secure, efficient platform.

Job Goals

Are you ready to transform the future of technology and security in a dynamic engineering team? Join us as a Tech Lead DevSecOps Engineer, where your talent and leadership will drive innovation and excellence. Here’s what you’ll work towards achieving in your first year with us:

• Establish Industry-Leading Standards: Develop proof-of-concept solutions, build robust documentation, and implement outstanding DevSecOps methodologies to set new benchmarks for operational efficiency and security.

• Optimize Cloud Infrastructure: Identify and implement improvements to improve security, reliability, and scalability while reducing costs, ensuring every system is aligned with the highest standards.

• Champion Security Practices: Design and implement comprehensive vulnerability management processes using leading tools such as Azure Defender, SonarQube, and Snyk, while actively driving remediation efforts across teams.

• Transform Automation: Design and implement pioneering automated setup solutions with Terraform, Azure DevOps pipelines, and scripting in Bash and PowerShell, enabling teams to accomplish tasks more efficiently.

• Lead Proactive Monitoring: Establish advanced monitoring processes to anticipate and resolve system issues swiftly, keeping our platforms reliable, efficient, and trusted by clients worldwide.

• Encourage and Collaborate: Be the driving force behind the adoption of DevOps standard methodologies, mentoring peers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and presenting innovative strategies to engineering leadership.

Lead with purpose and innovation to craft the future of secure and scalable platforms.

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

Are you prepared to drive transformative change in technology and security? Take on the position of Tech Lead DevSecOps Engineer, where your skills will define the future of secure, scalable, and innovative platforms. This is not simply a job; it’s a chance to create a significant impact in the technology landscape. Here’s what you'll provide:

• Proficiency in Cloud Architecture: Deep understanding of Azure Cloud services, with the ability to craft, implement, and secure cloud solutions using industry-leading practices and tools.

• Automation Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform and ARM templates to seamlessly manage and deploy cloud infrastructures.

• CI/CD Leadership: Demonstrable experience in crafting robust CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps for efficient, automated deployment of applications and infrastructure.

• Proactive Monitoring and Debugging: Proven track record of implementing advanced monitoring solutions (e.g., Grafana, Azure Monitor) and addressing performance challenges with precision.

• Embrace software security at every stage, employing Azure Defender, SonarQube, and Snyk tools.

Ready to encourage, collaborate, and innovate? Apply now to lead with impact and become the catalyst for excellence in DevSecOps!

What’s in it for you

On top of all your normal benefits like holiday, meal cards and life assurance, we also offer:

• Five days of Life Leave per year; for those days when life just…gets in the way.

• Birthday leave – one extra day of holiday taken on the nearest workday to your birthday

• Two days a year to give back and volunteer with an organisation of your choice.

• Enhanced primary and secondary carer leave for however you choose to grow your family.

• The chance to hit the beach on your lunch break (yes, we have somewhere you can store your surfboard!)

Please be aware, the majority of our roles are hybrid, working three days a week in our office.

We’re not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure you’ve got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

What part of Kantar might I be joining?

You’ll be joining our Insights division, the masters of using data to resolve challenges. They help brands define what they should stand for, how to reinvent and renew their offer, how to better reach audiences, and how to win with consumers. By blending human insights expertise with the latest technology advances, Insights make sure we can deliver innovative information to brands everywhere.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.  

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way works for them. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Privacy and Legal Statement

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 based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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.