Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Data- FreeWheel

Blueface Ltd; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, is seeking an experienced Data SRE to join their team in Reston, Virginia. The role involves ensuring the reliability and performance of data systems and collaborating with multiple teams to enhance efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud platforms, modern data architectures, and database management. Strong troubleshooting skills and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field are essential for this position. Join FreeWheel to work in a dynamic and inclusive environment, optimizing data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer.
• Familiarity with modern data architectures and technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems for data platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation tools for data systems.
• Analyze and optimize the performance of data storage and queries.
• Respond to data platform failures and troubleshoot issues.
• Work with data engineering teams to analyze capacity requirements.
• Document architecture and operational procedures for data platforms.
• Ensure data platforms meet security standards and compliance.
• Collaborate across teams for data product design and implementation.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Kafka

Hadoop

Spark

Cassandra

HDFS

AWS S3

Database management (NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL)

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Programming (Python, Go, Java, Scala)

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)

Troubleshooting skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

FreeWheel is seeking an experienced Data SRE to join the FreeWheel Data SRE team. As a member of the Global Operation team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data systems. Working closely with data engineers and other operation sub‑teams, you will manage our data infrastructure, optimize system reliability, automate daily operations, and resolve technical issues that impact our data pipelines and backend data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• System Monitoring and Optimization 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.
• Automation and Tool Development Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts for deployment, monitoring, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery of data systems.
• Performance Optimization Analyze and optimize the performance of data storage, query performance, and data flows. Ensure efficient processing of large‑scale datasets. Reduce latency and improve processing speed.
• Incident Response and Troubleshooting Respond quickly to data platform failures. Perform troubleshooting and coordinate cross‑team efforts to resolve issues. Ensure high availability and reliability of data platforms.
• Capacity Planning and Scaling Work with data engineering teams to analyze and forecast capacity requirements. Ensure systems can accommodate data growth and scale infrastructure accordingly.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing Document the architecture, configurations, and operational procedures for data platforms. Share operational knowledge across the team and provide relevant training.
• Security and Compliance Ensure data platforms meet security standards and compliance requirements. Prevent data breaches, unauthorized access, and misuse of data.
• Cross‑Team Collaboration Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams. Support data product design and implementation efforts. Resolve reliability‑related issues and improve platform stability.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with modern data architectures and technologies including Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra, HDFS, and AWS S3.
• Extensive experience in database management including NoSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Aerospike, Kafka, Snowflake, and other big data technologies.
• Familiarity with containerization, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes.
• Experience designing and maintaining large‑scale distributed systems.
• Experience in data quality management, data governance, or ETL pipelines.

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.