Data Operative and Support

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Data Operative and Support

Apply locations London, Westgate time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: March 29, 2025 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition id R091822

Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.

Job Details

Job Title: Data Operative and Support

Location: London, Westgate

Hybrid

Salary: Competitive

Full time/Permanent

The Screenwise service is the measurement of people’s viewing habits across cross media (Television, Internet and mobile) in the UK. This measurement task is contracted out by Google.

We are looking to appoint a Data Operative to work as part of our Data Operations Team based in Westgate. This team will coordinate the daily production of data, general upkeep, maintenance and security of the processing infrastructure that underpins the Screenwise service. This includes responsibility for the deployment of new software releases onto the live production environment.

Job Role Requirements

1. Administer all Linux/Azure systems, ensuring availability over a 24/7 x 365 day period for all business critical applications.
2. Ensure routine Server/Data backups are performed.
3. Monitor all hardware and systems using different monitoring tools for system performance, disk usage, disk performance, network performance, Memory usage etc.
4. Maintain users and access control on Screenwise servers.
5. Ensure all daemons and processes are scheduled and working accurately.
6. Check the accuracy of the overnight polling processing.
7. Maintain client database for file distribution and SFTP user.
8. Maintain active Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity arrangements.
9. Recognise hardware/software related issues and provide solutions.
10. Look after client queries regarding Data Processing and IT related issues.

Role Requirements

Soft Skills

1. Good Problem-solving skills.
2. Able to spot, analyze problems to understand impact and suggest solutions.
3. Willing to learn new technologies.
4. Self-starter and uses various resources to learn (forum, confluence and requesting meetings and training from peers).
5. A positive attitude and ability to achieve results.
6. Able to clearly articulate requirements, issues and challenges.
7. Able to collaborate with other team members.
8. Highlight and escalate issues in a timely manner.
9. Documentation of issues and their associated fixes.
10. Sharing and training others in the team.
11. Able to cover weekends & out of hours on emergencies.
12. Can quickly adapt to unplanned changes in priorities.
13. Must be available at short notice around the clock and work on your own initiative.

Personal Skills

1. Working knowledge of Excel and Word packages.
2. Ability to work in a team.
3. Be tenacious.
4. Self-learner.
5. Using initiative.
6. Inquisitive.

At 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 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.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

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.

Country

United Kingdom

Why join Kantar?

We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.

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 that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and 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.