Site Reliability Engineer, Data - FreeWheel

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, 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.

Job Summary

FreeWheel is seeking a Data Domain 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 to 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 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 data misuse.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams. Support data product design and implementation. Resolve reliability-related issues across the platform.

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