Sr. Principal Engineer, Cloud Organization

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 The Comcast Cloud Technologies (CCT) organization at Comcast develops, delivers and operates cloud technologies and services to help Comcast organizations digitally transform their businesses and convert technology challenges into innovation opportunities. We do this through our culture by leading with trust in our teams through empowerment, accountability, and empathy. We ask our team to manage through change by remaining furiously customer centric, maintain our ability to be open, and striving for transparent with ourselves and each other. Additionally, we ask our team to continuously evolve through’[ learning, being reliable and retaining flexibility. Job Description As a technology centric and end to end customer experience driven company, Comcast has embarked on a bold journey to embrace cloud computing and cloud-based technologies across its entire business. With this goal in mind, over the last several years, many Engineering organizations across Comcast have begun to leverage cloud solutions and services to modernize their infrastructures and establish their future platforms for innovation. The Cloud Kubernetes Engineering team is currently responsible for the largest federated deployment of Kubernetes within Comcast today. Our platform supports high-performance video application delivery to data centers all over the country, multiple partner datacenters and is expanding overseas. In parallel, this team is developing a next-generation Container platform that will enable the rapid delivery of all Containerized applications across Comcast, in a hybrid cloud model. Our success is measured by the stability and scalability of our platform as more products and applications are migrated to containerized architectures. Everything our team writes is coordinated into a CI/CD pipeline that tests our code, builds containers, and deploys working systems into lab and staging environments. We work closely with a team of infrastructure and network engineers. In this role, you will: We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer who will play a leading role in designing, deploying, and operating our next generation private cloud environments. This engineer will provide technical leadership across multiple product teams including software development, compute, storage and networking. You will need to have the technical depth to engage with the engineers building and operating our products, and the communications skills to work with executives as we design our long term platform strategy. We are very interested in attracting a diverse range of candidates from different backgrounds. If you aren’t sure if you qualify, please err on the side of applying. What you can expect: This role will be responsible for leading a technical team that supports the engineering and integration efforts of existing Cloud platforms (on prem and public cloud) as well as future, next-generation container technology and solutions. This person will lead a team of more junior engineers, fulfilling the role of a mentor in all aspects of the technical stack, including infrastructure, network, storage, and containers, specifically Kubernetes. This person will track their team’s work and give regular status updates to leadership. This person will be responsible for communicating in both user documentation and technical presentations. What you need to succeed (these should be our role minimum requirements) 15+ years of experience in the technology industry 5+ years of experience with software development Experience working on projects relating to large-scale, highly available customer-facing products and services. Knowledge of modern technical operations practices and tools: source control (Git/Hg/Subversion); continuous integration; automated testing; automated deployments and deployment pipelines Familiarity with microservices and cloud native architectures and an understanding of design principles for scalability, performance, and reliability Familiarity with distributed systems, asynchronous messaging, and networking protocols Experience with several open source applications, frameworks, and libraries Golang Python Kubernetes Distributed systems architecture (Databases, caches, etc) CI/CD - Concourse, Spinnaker, ArgoCD (or similar) Containerization (Docker, rkt, container, crio, etc) Network - IPVS load balancing, BGP, general OSI network Public cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc) Storage (Block/Object/File) Our Team We have a bias for action and outcomes We are agile and seek continuous improvement We take our work seriously, but don't take ourselves too seriously We are passionate about winning together We treat customers as partners rather than as tickets to be closed We value delivering usable solutions now and iterative refinement over holding out for a perfect solution later The requirements are intended as a guideline only and it is not necessary to meet them all. If you are a highly motivated person who is interested in jumping into something new, believe you can be a culture add and thrive on driving a challenging program from start to finish, then you should apply. 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. We value critical thinking, self-motivation, and the ability to be successful in an ambiguous and less-structured environment. We love people who are intellectually curious, utilize data to make decisions, innovate, elevate the performance of those around them, win as a team, and can express themselves thoughtfully. We want you to be passionate about delivering a great customer experience and understand how the work you drive connects to the customer. Outstanding business judgment leveraging strong strategic thinking complemented with a bias for action and execution/operational excellence. Excellent analytical problem-solving skills and ability to synthesize data from multiple sources to drive data-driven decisions. Comfort working in an ambiguous environment, and the ability to build a program from scratch – setting your own plans, targets, objectives, and measurements. Ability to be “Hands on” – regardless of title, everybody in our team manages programs from top to bottom – meaning from senior executive level stakeholder management down to detailed planning and information management. An engineering degree is not required, but you must have strong technical capability, passion for technology and innovation, and ability to communicate with technical teams. Be well versed in industry trends including competitive and market dynamics, and product and technology trends, especially in the Cloud space. Industry experience solving, investigating, and fixing production issues in large scale Cloud and/or hosted environments. Experience with software development process (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies required. We do not overweight Comcast experience – this role is not already targeted for an internal applicant, so anybody interested inside or outside of Comcast should apply LOCATION: Because our employees are our most valuable asset, 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 are able to 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. Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. 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. 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. Relevant Work Experience 7-10 Years Salary: Pay Range: $152,673.64 - $229,010.46 Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, 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. 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.