Comcast · 11 hours ago
Principal Platform Engineer, Kubernetes
West Chester, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $240K/yr
10+ years expComcast is a Fortune 30 global media and technology company seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain their Kubernetes infrastructure. The role involves collaborating with development teams to ensure a reliable, scalable, and efficient platform, driving the company's cloud-native strategy and enhancing containerized application management.
Telecom & CommunicationsCloud ComputingVideoInternetTelecommunicationsTVWeb Hosting
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience, typically 12 years in a DevOps 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)
Benefits
Best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees
Company
Comcast
Comcast is a media and technology company that provides broadband internet, mobile services, and entertainment platforms. It is a sub-organization of SkyShowtime.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.92BKey Investors
California Public Utilities CommissionMassachussetts Broadband InstituteMaine Connectivity Authority
2025-11-13Grant· $3.2M
2024-07-02Grant· $2.69M
2023-04-24Grant· $0.28M
Leadership Team
Neil Smit
President and Chief Executive Officer
Candy Lawson
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel
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