Principal DevOps Engineer

Comcast's Technology, Product & Experience organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards. We offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently wherever you choose, with days that require collaboration at one of our offices. Our roles primarily reside inside or around one of our Tech Hubs (Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, Denver, Austin, Silicon Valley, Washington DC/N. Virginia). Some roles can work virtual full-time if they are not near a Tech Hub, but that is dependent upon the needs of the position and amount of collaboration required.

Job Summary
At Comcast Silicon Valley Innovation Center (CSV) we're changing the way America views entertainment. Literally. If you love being on the cutting edge, we would love for you to be a part of changing Comcast's history.

We're looking for a dedicated and passionate DevOps engineer to join our cloud networking team. If you have experience building and operating scalable, cloud based, web applications, are excited about impacting millions of users, look no further!

We practice Agile/Scrum methodology and we program in a variety of languages such as Python, C/C++, Node.js, & Java. We are building a large scale and high performance cloud based networking service platform that will deliver the next generation of Internet services across private and public networks.

Job Description

As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will specialize in developing tools for a continuous deployment of a cloud based networking service platform. You will also help operate and monitor the service.

Responsibilities:

• Development and design of systems, with a focus on automation and maintainability at a large scale
• Software and hardware testing and deployment to staging and production environments
• Platform integration: Programmatic infrastructure management
• Develop software infrastructure and build tools useful in development lifecycle
• Comfortable with collaboration, open communication and reaching across development, Quality Assurance, monitoring and other cross functional teams
• Maintain and monitor production systems for capacity issues, performance and conduct proactive health-checks
• Incident trouble shooting, with quick remediation for issues

Qualifications:

• 7+ years as Systems Administrator/Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or platform developer in a mid to large Linux environment
• Strong IT/Ops background with focus on Process and MOPs
• Strong Linux fundamentals, with experience in Centos, RPM
• Solid understanding of containers, familiar with Kubernetes or other orchestration systems
• Familiarity with deployment and management systems such as Ansible, Packer, Terraform, etc.
• Strong grasp and practical experience with automation and virtualization of at least one cloud platform (e.g., OpenStack, AWS)
• Expertise in building/maintaining/sustaining monitoring systems like: Nagios, op5, etc.
• Strong with at least one scripting and/or high-level language: Python, Node.js, Java, Shell, Golang
• Production experience working with load balancers and web stack-based application environments
• Familiarity with cloud technologies like Apache Kafka, Spark, Zookeeper, etc.
• Solid grasp of operating and managing NoSQL DB such as Cassandra, Hadoop
• Familiarity with REST/SOAP/JSON APIs
• Systems and application monitoring and performance tuning knowledge a plus
• Familiarity with messaging systems like ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, and Kafka is a plus
• Experience with distributed file system (GlusterFS/Ceph) a plus
• Experience in AWS VPC, Networking and Security.

• Experience in building, maintaining, supporting Cloud based applications with 24x7 monitoring of logs and alerts.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Master's preferred.

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.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality-to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Please visit the benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education
Bachelor's Degree

While 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)

Relative Work Experience
10 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, or any other basis protected by applicable law.