Principal Platform Engineer

About the Role

As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our Kubernetes infrastructure. You will work closely with development teams to ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and efficient. Your expertise will drive our cloud-native strategy and enhance our ability to deploy and manage containerized applications.

(In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead and owner for the Compute platform (On Prem and EKS)
• Responsible for the deployment of containerized applications across a cluster of bare-metal servers using ansible, terraform etc.
• Facilitate automatic scaling of containerized applications based on demand
• Manage utilization of compute resources such as CPU, memory, and storage across the cluster
• Implement monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to track the health and performance of bare metal clusters and infrastructure components
• Set up alerting mechanisms to detect and respond to issues proactively
• Recover from failures by restarting failed containers or reallocating workloads to healthy nodes
• Work closely with development and engineering teams to establish CI/CD pipelines for automating the deployment and rollout of Kubernetes services
• Support seamless rolling updates allowing new versions to be deployed gradually while maintaining application availability
• Identify performance bottlenecks in containerized environments and optimize resource utilization through capacity planning, auto-scaling, and performance tuning
• Document processes, procedures, and best practices related to the platform operations and share knowledge with team members
• Partner with SREs to define platform SLAs, uptime targets, resilience benchmarks, and alerting/monitoring
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis, automating recovery workflows and improving platform resiliency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience, typically 12 years in a Dev

Ops or Systems Engineering role:

• Familiarity with containerized technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes etc.
• Experience implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools and systems
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Shell scripting (Bash)
• Automation scripting with tools such as Ansible playbooks
• Deploying infrastructure via Terraform
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, IPv4/IPv6 networking, Load Balancing, and protocols
• Familiarity with CNCF ecosystem tools and emerging trends in platform engineering
• Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters
• Experience upgrading Kubernetes clusters with no to minimal downtime
• Experience configuring service mesh, network policy controls, and multi-tenancy in Kubernetes
• Strong Kubernetes, cloud native, containerization expertise in a hybrid-cloud enterprise environment and as a solution architect
• Strong Spark skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information
• Strong written communication skills are essential, as well as the ability to create clear and informative documentation
• Ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
• Flexibility to work off-hours for on-call duties
• Relevant certifications, such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Skills

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Apache Spark
• AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Databricks Platform
• Kubernetes
• Shell Scripting
• Terraform

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Computer and Information Science (Required)

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.

Work Experience

• 10 Years +

Certifications

• Relevant certifications (if applicable)

Compensation

This job can be performed in Denver Campus with a Pay Range of $160,106.35 - $240,159.53

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity

Comcast is 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. At Comcast, you have the power to connect the world. Your career options are endless as you grow in your career. Explore your future with access to a variety of teams, locations, and resources in an expanding network. You can also explore additional opportunities at our company, NBCUniversal.