Data Platform SRE — Reliability, Automation & Scale

Comcast; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast is seeking a Data Domain SRE to join the FreeWheel Data SRE team. You will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data systems, collaborating with data engineers and operations teams to manage data infrastructure, automate daily operations, and resolve issues that affect data pipelines.

This role emphasizes incident response, capacity planning, security and compliance, and thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Extensive experience in database management (e.g., NoSQL databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Proficiency in automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker) for automating data system deployment and maintenance.
• Strong experience with modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala with the ability to write efficient scripts and automation tools.
• Experience using monitoring and log management tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills with the ability to quickly identify and resolve production issues.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of data platforms.
• Quickly respond to and resolve issues impacting data pipelines or storage layers.
• Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts for deployment, monitoring, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery of data systems.
• Analyze and optimize the performance of data storage, query performance, and data flows to ensure efficient processing of large-scale datasets.
• Reduce latency and improve processing speed.
• Respond quickly to data platform failures and coordinate cross-team efforts to resolve issues.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of data platforms.
• Work with data engineering teams to forecast capacity requirements.
• Document the architecture, configurations, and operational procedures for data platforms.
• Share knowledge across the team and provide relevant training.
• Ensure data platforms meet security standards and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Scala

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

NoSQL

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

Comcast is seeking a Data Domain SRE to join the FreeWheel Data SRE team. You will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data systems, collaborating with data engineers and operations teams to manage data infrastructure, automate daily operations, and resolve issues that affect data pipelines.

This role emphasizes incident response, capacity planning, security and compliance, and thorough documentation.