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Job Summary

The Comcast Cloud Team is seeking a Principal OpenStack Platform Engineer to help design, engineer, deploy and operate our multi-region OpenStack Private Cloud environment using open-source technologies. Our platform offers virtual machines, block Storage and object Storage provide IaaS private cloud services that complement our comprehensive hybrid cloud strategy. Our OpenStack based IaaS platform is comprised of thousands of Linux hosts running tens of thousands of virtual machines. Bring your expertise in Linux systems engineering, virtualization, networking and troubleshooting along with a desire to solve large scale engineering problems. Security first mentality is a must.

Job Description

The Cloud Technologies Private Cloud Platform Engineering team builds private cloud platforms that internally rival public clouds in usage, performance and efficiency. Essential to our mission is to maximize availability, performance, and capacity utilization of our platforms. We develop tools that build operational awareness for our tenants and our engineering teams, we scale through automation, and we continually improve our platforms in support to provide enhanced capabilities to our tenants. 

The Principal Platform Engineer will design, deploy and maintain our highly secure our large-scale private cloud platform. This role closely supports the OpenStack SRE (Site Reliability Engineers), who are responsible for daily operations of the platform. This is a systems engineering position with focus on solving problems with code. 

This role can be based in Philadelphia, PA; Englewood, CO; Reston, VA; or Austin, TX. It is not approved for remote or Virtual employment.

Core Duties and Responsibilities 

Design, deploy and maintain a highly scalable and secure private cloud platform

Research software, hardware and other technologies in support of advancing our private cloud portfolio

Work on improving our portfolio of private cloud platform tools to better fit the cloud strategy

Develop automation for software services and operations

CI/CD systems testing experience

Support SRE team for L3 escalations

Code in Python scripting

Contribute to automating operational processes for infrastructure (Infrastructure-as-a-Code)

Required Qualifications:

Proficiency with Python or GoLang, including ability to write basic scripts/software 
Solid understanding of virtualization technology (OpenStack or VMware)
Expert Linux knowledge
Previous experience with managing servers, data centers, networking and security 
Experience writing Ansible playbooks
Recommending and implementing continuous improvements to the platform
Prior experience with public cloud services - AWS, GCP, Azure

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience with Ceph storage.
Strong experience writing software that can engage with and consume data from other systems using APIs and SDKs 
Prior experience and knowledge of git and peer-review workflow 
Prior contributions to open-source software 
Past software engineering projects you can show – e.g. GitHub portfolio 
Willingness to learn by asking questions and showing initiative to learn 
Ability to actively participate in team meetings, providing accurate and complete status updates 
Experience and enthusiasm for mentoring colleagues

Employees at all levels are encouraged to:

Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
Be responsible for the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them detailed digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
Know your stuff - be hard-working learners, users and advocates of our groundbreaking 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 insights.
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.
Get results and growth!
Respect and promote inclusion & diversity!
Do whats right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

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

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

Skills

Linux, OpenStack, Python (Programming Language), Red Hat Ansible, Virtualization

Compensation

This job can be performed in Colorado with a Pay Range of $119,316.01 - $196,019.16

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. 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 compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Education

Bachelors 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, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.