Senior Data SRE: Reliability, Automation & Big Data

Comcast; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks an experienced Data SRE to join the Global Operation team. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of data systems, working closely with data engineers and other operations sub-teams to manage infrastructure, optimize reliability, and automate daily operations across data pipelines and backend platforms.

You will monitor, automate, optimize, respond to incidents, plan capacity, document procedures, and uphold security/compliance while

Qualifications

• 8+ 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 (big data, distributed storage).
• Extensive experience in database management (NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Proficiency in automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with monitoring and log management tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems for data platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation tools for deployment, backup, and recovery of data systems.
• Analyze and optimize storage, queries, and data flows to improve processing speed.
• Respond to data platform failures and coordinate cross-team resolution.
• Plan capacity and forecast data growth with data engineering teams.
• Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Ensure data platforms meet security and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams.

Skills

AWS

Automation

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Kafka

Hadoop

Spark

Cassandra

Job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks an experienced Data SRE to join the Global Operation team. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of data systems, working closely with data engineers and other operations sub-teams to manage infrastructure, optimize reliability, and automate daily operations across data pipelines and backend platforms.

You will monitor, automate, optimize, respond to incidents, plan capacity, document procedures, and uphold security/compliance while