Data Center Design & Operations Engineer

Comcast Advertising; Northlake, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

401(k) Savings Plan

Generous paid time off

Life Milestones - adoption, childcare,

Courtesy Services - free digital TV &

Discount tickets for Universal Resorts

Job summary

Comcast Advertising, a Fortune 30 global media and technology company, is seeking an Engineer 2, Data Center Engineering to support deployment and operations in our Northlake, IL data center. The role emphasizes hardware installation, migrations, cabling, maintenance, and on-call support while coordinating across teams and vendors.

You’ll work onsite with standard hours and be responsible for executing procedures safely, documenting actions, and ensuring high availability of critical facilities.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of experience installing and supporting switches, routers, servers, and rack-mounted equipment in a data center or critical facility.
• Experience supporting high-speed data, voice, IP, and network infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of power systems, including PDUs, ATSs, and UPSs.
• Understanding of data center power and HVAC environments.
• Ability to plan installations, manage inventory, and maintain accurate documentation.
• Exposure to AI tools, automation, or data-driven technologies.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation and procedures.
• Familiarity with DCIM tools, ticketing systems, and data center support platforms.
• Experience coordinating vendors, materials, and project work.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage rack, stack, power, cabling, deployment, decommissioning, and migration of equipment within the critical facility.
• Troubleshoot operational issues, support outage response activities, and engage appropriate resources to drive issues to closure.
• Coordinate change activities, maintenance work, technical project execution, resource planning, and implementation schedules.
• Maintain and troubleshoot structured cabling infrastructure and support day-to-day capacity and operational requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and execute MOPs, technical procedures, and validation steps to ensure work is completed safely and with minimal impact.
• Participate in the on-call rotation, respond to after-hours incidents and urgent operational issues, and coordinate escalation or recovery actions as needed.
• Document incident details, actions taken, and follow-up requirements to support effective handoff, root cause review, and continuous improvement.
• Interface with vendors and internal stakeholders to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and support data center infrastructure and related services.

Skills

Data center hardware

Networking

Troubleshooting

Documentation

On-call support

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

DCIM tools

Ticketing systems

Job description

Comcast Advertising, a Fortune 30 global media and technology company, is seeking an Engineer 2, Data Center Engineering to support deployment and operations in our Northlake, IL data center. The role emphasizes hardware installation, migrations, cabling, maintenance, and on-call support while coordinating across teams and vendors.

You’ll work onsite with standard hours and be responsible for executing procedures safely, documenting actions, and ensuring high availability of critical facilities.