Principal Platform Engineer II, DevX

Comcast; West Chester (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team at a leading global media and technology company where you will play a vital role in building and enhancing cloud-native platforms. As a Principal Platform Engineer II, you will champion developer experience, design scalable solutions, and drive automation initiatives that empower teams to deliver exceptional products. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies while collaborating with cross-functional teams to create impactful solutions. If you're passionate about cloud-native development and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Remote Work Options

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Hours

Employee Discounts

Wellness Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant work experience in cloud-native platforms.
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies.

Responsibilities

• Champion developer experience and advocate for developers' needs.
• Design and build scalable cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery.

Skills

Continuous Delivery

Customer Empathy

Executive Communications

Kubernetes

Software Delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

InfluxDB

Telegraf

Job description

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)

Job Summary

Imagine a world where Comcast's development teams can focus solely on building amazing products, unburdened by platform complexities. That's the world the DevX Platforms team is creating. We build, maintain, and evolve the critical cloud-native platform that underpins their success, integrating easy-to-use services like load balancing, storage, metrics, CI/CD, and data capabilities. We are a team of highly skilled engineers obsessed with automation and developer experience. Our mission is to provide a secure, scalable, and developer-centric foundation that not only accelerates software delivery but also fosters a productive and innovative environment for our developers.

Are you excited about building and operating robust, scalable cloud-native platforms? Do you have a knack for understanding the needs of developers and empowering them with exceptional tools and workflows? If so, we want to hear from you!

We are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer II (Engineer 6) to help us both deliver and enhance our next generation application platforms, as well as improving the developer experience through knowledge sharing and embedded engagements with product scrum teams. Our team is driving innovation, and our fingerprints are all over the industry. Come join us!

Job Description

Functional Scope

• Champion Developer Experience: Act as a strong advocate for developers, understanding their pain points and proactively identifying opportunities to improve their daily workflows.
• Design and Build Cloud-Native Platforms: Architect and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native application platforms leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes, containerization (Docker), serverless functions, and service mesh (Istio).
• Develop and Maintain Internal Developer Tools: Create and manage internal tools, automation scripts, and self-service platforms to streamline development, testing, and deployment processes employing open-source software.
• Implement CI/CD Pipelines: Design and optimize robust continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software releases.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product and development teams, security engineers, and operations teams to understand their needs and provide effective platform solutions.
• Document and Evangelize Best Practices: Create clear and concise documentation for platform services and tooling, and actively share best practices with the engineering organization.
• Stay Current with Emerging Technologies: Continuously learn and evaluate new cloud-native technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Enthusiastic self-starter: Possesses exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to adjust messaging for maximum clarity and impact across various stakeholders.
• Audience-Centric Communication: Ability to adjust the messaging based on the audience both orally and written.
• Troubleshoot and Resolve Platform Issues: Provide support and troubleshoot platform-related issues to ensure the smooth operation of development environments and production systems.

Technical Scope

Successful candidates for this position should possess broad experience in many of the following areas:

• Expert understanding of cloud-native principles and architectures.
• Mastery of containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
• Extensive platform design experience in private and public cloud IaaS (vSphere, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Argo CD, Flux CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI).
• Broad experience in distributed application middleware architecture and data services architecture at scale.
• Innovating with open-source software to create production services.
• Experience in monitoring and telemetry- OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, InfluxDB, and Telegraf
• Understanding of cloud-native, 12-factor application design principles and refactoring applications to be cloud-friendly.
• Solid understanding of networking principles and cloud security best practices.
• Experience influencing application modernization and migration to cloud platforms.

Our Values:

Pathway to Yes

• We value usable and working solutions now, without compromising quality over a perfect solution later.
• We start from the assumption that someone, somewhere has already figured out a solution to this problem; we value using their results over rediscovering them ourselves.
• We actively collaborate with our customers; we win when our customers win.

Culture of Curiosity

• We adopt a collaborative growth mindset and learn together along the way.
• We recognize that the best idea can come from anyone, and that effective leaders create ways to solicit and consider these ideas.
• We value making decisions with research and reason, with an open mind to experiment.

Lead with Purpose

• While exploring diverse ideas, we value being able to pursue a plan together over everyone agreeing that the plan is the best one
• We are all leaders; we value individual responsibility over micromanagement.
• As members of DevX, we align to a set of outcomes over fighting turf wars; we get ahead by working together. 

Team Spirit

• We value attitude over aptitude; no {genius} jerks allowed.
• We value actively and humbly seeking and appreciating honest feedback over preserving our egos.
• We value building teams with individuals from various backgrounds and experiences; there is no typical DevX-er.

#devx, #developerexperience

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Continuous Delivery, Customer Empathy, Executive Communications, Kubernetes, Software Delivery

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Education

Bachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

15 Years +Comcast is proud to be 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.