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Job Summary

We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer who will be responsible for the Cloud Infrastructure and Observability solutions for the Strata platform and ensure all systems run smoothly. Strata is an easy to use, scalable, and highly available demand side platform. Backed by Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes, the team has embraced Infrastructure as code to manage thousands of applications, servers, and containers running in multiple regions worldwide.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

Design and build infrastructure and tooling to provide high scalability, reliability, and sub-second performance levels using industry best practices.

Writing code and scripts to support Infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management, and automated incident resolution.

Support and extend the observability stack to capture and alert on any issues.

Participate in on-call rotations and be an escalation contact for service incidents.

Write systems documentation, playbooks, and other instruction manuals.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Basic Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems

At least three (3) years of administration experience with Linux, Windows, AWS, and Kubernetes

At least three (3) years of experience in configuration management using Cloud Formation, Terraform, and Ansible or similar

At least three (3) years of experience with observability tooling such as Grafana Cloud or Datadog

At least three (3) years of experience coding in higher-level languages, such as Powershell, Python, Java, or .Net

At least three (3) years of experience managing web applications

At least three (3) years of experience managing relational databases

Strong problem-solving skills

Strong verbal / written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Postgraduate degree in computer-related fields

Certified AWS Solutions Architect Pro or DevOps Pro

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Exposure to data warehouses a plus (Snowflake, Databricks)

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Linux, Microsoft PowerShell, Python (Programming Language), SRE Observability, Terraform

Compensation

National Pay Range: $81,865.19 USD-$191,871.54 USD

This job can be performed in Illinois with a Pay Range of $102,331.49 - $176,521.82

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

5-7 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. Comcast will consider for employment applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Please note that federal state, or local laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit Comcast from hiring individuals convicted of certain crimes. Additionally, an applicant’s criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the job duties of this position, which may result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.