Data DevOps Software Engineer at Comcast (Seattle, WA)

Comcast's Technology & Product 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.

Characteristics – Individual Qualities:

• Strong ability to learn on your own and take in new information and ideas
• Enthusiastic problem solver
• Interest in one or more of the following:  science, big data, technology, programming, engineering or exploration
• Wants to help realize team goals, get things done, and be valued as a key contributor
• Friendly, easy to work with

Core Responsibilities 

• You will be assigned user stories in any of the following disciplines: Development, Database, NoSQL, MySQL, Testing, Deployment, Operations, Automation, Tooling, Monitoring
• Design, tune, maintain and support data systems for highly available, high-volume Internet applications
• Database performance analysis, capacity sizing and optimization
• Full participant in On Call rotations; Daily SCRUMs; Iterative planning, Sprint Grooming, Retrospectives, Demos;
• Develop, test and deploy reliable, efficient and cost-effective automation solutions leveraging modern frameworks across multiple environments and using modern test approaches
• Drive automation at all levels of the development and operation lifecycle
• Produce documentation of overall automation design, operation and test coverage
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance

Technical/Core Skills:

• Comfortable working in a Linux (or Free BSD/Mac OS X) shell
• Understanding of replication, sharding and performance optimization
• Basic programming experience in one or more languages
• Basic understanding of how networks work
• Basic understanding of underlying storage for data systems
• Basic understanding of how a website functions
• Basic understanding of how to troubleshoot a problem when something doesn't work
• Can rapidly find useful solutions using Internet search tools
• Basic ability to build tooling using scripting or programming language of choice
• Conflict resolution (friendly, easy to work with)

Job Specification:
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
- Engineering, Computer Science
- Generally requires 5-8 years related experience

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer

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