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FreeWheel

Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Data- FreeWheel

SREDevOpsData OperationsAWSGCPAzureKafkaHadoopSparkCassandraHDFSAWS S3NoSQLMySQLPostgreSQLAnsibleTerraformKubernetesDockerPythonGoJavaScalaPrometheusGrafanaELK StackAerospikeSnowflakeMonitoringAutomationData pipelinesPerformance optimizationIncident responseCapacity planningSecurityCompliance

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

10+

Location

Reston, United States

Full job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks a senior Data SRE with 10+ years experience in SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations. The role involves ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance of data systems, working with data engineers and operations teams. Responsibilities include system monitoring, automation, performance optimization, incident response, capacity planning, documentation, security compliance, and cross-team collaboration. Required skills include cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), data technologies (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra, HDFS, AWS S3), database management (NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), infrastructure tools (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker), programming (Python, Go, Java, Scala), and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack). A bachelor's degree in a related field is required. The position is full-time and on-site in Reston, Virginia.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems to ensure stability, reliability, and performance of data platforms
  • Respond quickly to and resolve issues impacting data pipelines or storage layers
  • Develop and maintain automation tools and scripts for deployment, monitoring, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery of data systems
  • Analyze and optimize performance of data storage, query performance, and data flows
  • Ensure efficient processing of large-scale datasets
  • Reduce latency and improve processing speed
  • Respond quickly to data platform failures and perform troubleshooting
  • Coordinate cross-team efforts to resolve issues
  • Ensure high availability and reliability of data platforms
  • Work with data engineering teams to analyze and forecast capacity requirements
  • Ensure systems can accommodate data growth and scale infrastructure accordingly
  • Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures for data platforms
  • Share operational knowledge and provide relevant training
  • Ensure data platforms meet security standards and compliance requirements
  • Prevent data breaches, unauthorized access, and misuse of data
  • Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams
  • Support data product design and implementation efforts
  • Resolve reliability-related issues and improve platform stability

Requirements

  • At least 10+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Familiarity with modern data architectures and technologies including Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra, HDFS, and AWS S3
  • Extensive experience in database management including NoSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
  • Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker
  • Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala
  • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or similar tools
  • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
  • Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Tech stack

AWSGCPAzureKafkaHadoopSparkCassandraHDFSAWS S3NoSQLMySQLPostgreSQLAnsibleTerraformKubernetesDockerPythonGoJavaScalaPrometheusGrafanaELK StackAerospikeSnowflake

Benefits

Commission eligibility for sales positionsBonus eligibility for most non-sales positionsComprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional well-beingPersonalized support options and expert guidance

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