Data Platform SRE: Reliability, Automation & Scale

Comcast; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks a Data Domain SRE to join the Global Operations team. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data systems, working with data engineers and other operation sub-teams to manage infrastructure and automate daily tasks.

The role emphasizes monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, security, and cross-team collaboration to keep data platforms highly available and efficient.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in automation tools for deploying and maintaining data systems.
• Strong experience with modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala.

Responsibilities

• System Monitoring and Optimization: design and implement monitoring and alerting to ensure stability and performance of data platforms.
• Automation and Tool Development: develop automation tools for deployment, monitoring, backup, recovery, and DR of data systems.
• Performance Optimization: analyze and optimize data storage, query performance, and data flows for large datasets.
• Incident Response and Troubleshooting: respond to data platform failures and coordinate cross-team resolution.
• Capacity Planning and Scaling: forecast capacity and ensure systems scale with data growth.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: document architecture and procedures; train team members.
• Security and Compliance: ensure platforms meet security standards and compliance requirements.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: work with data science, product, and development teams to support data product design.

Skills

SRE experience

Automation

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Programming (Python/Go/Java/Scala)

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks a Data Domain SRE to join the Global Operations team. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data systems, working with data engineers and other operation sub-teams to manage infrastructure and automate daily tasks.

The role emphasizes monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, security, and cross-team collaboration to keep data platforms highly available and efficient.