Senior Platform Engineer (On site - Plano, TX)

Comcast Business offers a suite of Connectivity, Communications, Networking, Cybersecurity, Wireless, and Managed Solutions to help global organizations of all sizes prepare for what’s next. Powered by the nation’s largest Gig-speed broadband network and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is the nation’s largest technology provider to small businesses and one of the leading service providers to the Enterprise market. Comcast Business has been consistently recognized by industry analysts and associations as a leader and innovator, and one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet services.

Job Summary

The Senior Platform Engineer is a technical leader within the fast-paced, exciting and collaborative Comcast Business Global (CBG) business unit. Join this innovative team as we improve the operationalization and optimization of multiple platforms supporting varied development teams. This Engineer 4 oversees the tools and platforms to safely and rapidly deploy and monitor Comcast Business Global (CBG) applications, tools and services. As a senior technical lead and subject matter expert, you will establish best practices to guide operational workflows and provide a reliable platform to ensure efficient, reliable, and automated software delivery. and guarantee high availability, security, and scalability.

Job Description

In addition to mentoring other platform team engineers and contractors, the position requires effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals and involves analyzing and interpreting requirements to create solutions that enhance user experiences. Additionally, the role includes providing technical leadership and mentorship to foster innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning. This blend of technical expertise and business acumen is crucial for delivering impactful solutions. 

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify platform and technical requirements. Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.
• Serves as a mentor for other Development Operation/platform engineers.
• Serves as a technical lead for assisting multiple application development teams.
• Oversees the researching, writing and editing of system accreditation documentation and technical requirements, including designs, audit controls, evaluation plans, manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
• Keeps current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products.
• Assists with technical leadership throughout the design process and guides practices, procedures and techniques.
• Assists in tracking and evaluating performance metrics including cost. Ensures team delivers software on time, to specification and within budget.
• Acts as a technical contact and liaison for customers with SSO integrations.
• Presents and defends architectural, design and technical choices to internal and external audiences.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated Expertise using platform tools including Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm, ArgoCD
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting IAM (Identity and Access Management) tools like KeyCloak and Okta
• Experience with scripting languages including Bash and Python
• Experience using AWS services including EC2, EKS, S3, Lambdas and others
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines - Jenkins preferred
• Experience working with GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Experience with Monitoring Tools (any): ELK, Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Tableau

Additional Preferred skills:

• K8s certifications.
• Experience with Vulnerability management and resolution(any)
• Prior development experience
• experience working with offshore team members

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.

Skills

Cloud Deployment, Interpersonal Communication, Kubernetes, Microservices Architecture, Stakeholder Collaboration

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

7-10 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.