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FreeWheel

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Data - FreeWheel

SREDevOpsData OperationsAWSGCPAzureNoSQLMySQLPostgreSQLAnsibleTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDPythonGoJavaScalaPrometheusGrafanaELK StackAutomationMonitoringData pipelinesData platformIncident responseCapacity planningSecurityCompliance

Key details

Salary

$118K – $176K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Chicago, United States

Full job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, is seeking a senior Data SRE with 8+ years experience in SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations. The role involves ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance of data systems, working with data engineers and operation teams. Responsibilities include system monitoring, automation tool development, performance optimization, incident response, capacity planning, documentation, security compliance, and cross-team collaboration. Required skills include cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), database management (NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD pipelines, programming (Python, Go, Java, Scala), and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack). Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required. Location: Chicago, Illinois. Salary range: $117,627.86 - $176,441.80.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems for data platforms
  • Respond 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
  • Analyze and optimize performance of data storage, query performance, and data flows
  • 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 on capacity planning and scaling
  • Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures
  • Share knowledge and provide training
  • Ensure data platforms meet security standards and compliance requirements
  • Prevent data breaches, unauthorized access, and data misuse
  • Collaborate with data science, product, and development teams
  • Support data product design and implementation
  • Resolve reliability-related issues across the platform

Requirements

  • At least 8+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps, or Data Operations Engineer
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Extensive experience in database management (NoSQL databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Proficiency in automation tools and frameworks (Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Strong experience with modern CI/CD pipelines
  • Programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or Scala
  • Experience using monitoring and log management tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack
  • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Tech stack

AWSGCPAzureNoSQLMySQLPostgreSQLAnsibleTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDPythonGoJavaScalaPrometheusGrafanaELK Stack

Benefits

Base pay within range $117,627.86 - $176,441.80Bonus eligibility for non-sales positionsCommission eligibility for sales positionsComprehensive benefits including physical, financial, and emotional supportPersonalized support options and expert guidance

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