Data Center Engineer: Operations & Design

Comcast Corporation; Northlake (IL); On-site; 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 to Universal Resorts

Job summary

Comcast Corporation in Illinois is seeking an Engineer 2, Data Center Engineering, to support deployment and day‑to‑day operations in a critical facility environment. You will manage equipment installation, migrations, cabling, troubleshooting, and on‑call support to uphold safety and performance standards.

The role requires 2–5+ years in data center hardware, power systems, and network infrastructure, with strong documentation practices.

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.

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.

Skills

Data center hardware

Networking gear

Rack equipment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

DCIM tools

Ticketing systems

Job description

Comcast Corporation in Illinois is seeking an Engineer 2, Data Center Engineering, to support deployment and day‑to‑day operations in a critical facility environment. You will manage equipment installation, migrations, cabling, troubleshooting, and on‑call support to uphold safety and performance standards.

The role requires 2–5+ years in data center hardware, power systems, and network infrastructure, with strong documentation practices.