Senior OpenStack Cloud Engineer
Company: Comcast Corporation
Location: Arlington
Posted on: May 7, 2024
Job Description:
Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and
technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide,
to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of
millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part
of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into
cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers
love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and
invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your
authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You'll do the best work
of your career right here at Comcast. (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.)Job
SummaryThe Comcast Cloud team is in search of an adept OpenStack
engineer to join us in the development, maintenance and
optimization of a robust cloud platform tailored to meet the
stringent demands of Telco and Enterprise applications. -Job
Description -The successful candidate will play a crucial role in
the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our OpenStack
infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and
performance. Our ideal candidate will have extensive Linux
operating system administration, possess a proficiency in
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Ansible, Git,
Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, Python scripting language. Must
have knowledge and familiarity with operational best practices,
monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Fishymetrics) and
demonstrate a deep understanding of storage, network services,
architecture, distributed services, networks and protocols, and
virtualization. Experience with RedHat OpenStack, RedHat OpenShift,
Kubernetes and Ceph storage technologies are a plus. - As we are a
DevOps team, there will be an expectation to support maintenance
work in some evenings and be part of an on-call rotation with the
team. -The team has members in Philadelphia and West Chester, PA;
and Englewood, CO; preference will be given to candidates residing
in commutable distance to those locations. However, we will
consider candidates outside those areas for a Virtual/remote
role.Core Responsibilities
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- Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot OpenStack services and
infrastructure hardware to ensure high availability, performance,
and security. -
- Collaborate with network and storage teams to optimize
performance and ensure seamless integration with OpenStack
services. -
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and
best practices in cloud computing and OpenStack ecosystem. -
- Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools
such as Ansible, Terraform, and Git, ensuring automation and
repeatability. -
- Document architecture, configurations, procedures, and
troubleshooting steps for reference and knowledge sharing. -
- Partners with Engineering project Manager to provide
consultative direction and develops long term objectives and plans
to determine resources, technology, and course of action to achieve
results. -
- Works with Other members of cross functional teams, joint
ventures, third party vendors and Company's product managers and
marketing teams to deliver quality products, in a timely fashion,
that meet defined requirements. Establishes and maintains working
relationships within GTO, product development teams, joint
ventures, vendors, and contractors. -
- Participates in Company product lifecycle process. contributes
to and/or Creates product and technical requirements, detailed
design Documents including transaction, capacity and bandwidth
models, systems definitions, and operational procedures as part of
this process. -
- Understands key business drivers and applies the knowledge of
internal/external business issues to improve products and services.
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- Anticipates and Interprets customer needs, assesses
requirements, and identifies solutions. -
- Ensures that projects are properly accepted into the
Engineering team, worked on timely and efficiently and smoothly
transitioned into quality assurance and operations teams. -
- Interprets internal/external business issues and recommends
complete solutions based on best practices and Proven technologies.
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- solves complex problems. Takes a broad perspective to identify
innovative solutions. -
- Provides guidance for the performance and reliability of
various cross platform applications and services. Ensures that
system failures are restored in a timely manner. -
- Participates in the review of failures and Provides feedback to
prevent future occurrences. -
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in
matters of significance. -
- Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to
work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary. An
on-call shift may be required for approx. 1 week period every 8-12
weeks (about 3 months). Subject to change. - -
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. - -Minimum
Requirements: - -
- 6-8 years designing, building, and operating OpenStack
environments supporting high availability (99.99% availability),
low latency enterprise applications. -
- 5+ years proficiency in automation and DevOps tools such as
Ansible, AWX, Terraform, GitHub - -
- 5+ years proficiency with IP Networks and networking design and
operations -
- 5+ years hands on experience with server hardware deployments,
maintenance, and troubleshooting -
- Strong Linux administration skills. - -Good to Haves: - -
- Experience deploying and operating RedHat OpenStack and/or
RedHat OpenShift platforms -
- Experience engineering and/or operating SAN or CEPH storage
systems - -
- 5+ years' experience with administering and operating HPE/Dell
hardware and firmware -
- 3+ years VoIP (voice over IP) and Telco experience - -
- Proficiency in coding such as Python for automation playbooks
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- Experience designing, building, and operating Kubernetes
platforms desired, but not required. -
- Experience designing, building, deploying and operating Ceph
storage in production environments. -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.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.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.EducationBachelor's DegreeWhile 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
Experience7-10 Years
Keywords: Comcast Corporation, Dallas , Senior OpenStack Cloud Engineer, Engineering , Arlington, Texas
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