Data Engineer

Comcast's Technology, Product & Experience organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards. Because our employees are our most valuable asset, we offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently wherever you choose, with days that require collaboration at one of our offices. Our roles primarily reside inside or around one of our Tech Hubs (Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, Denver, Austin, Silicon Valley, Washington DC/N. Virginia).

Job Summary

*** This position is a hybrid role, working onsite in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and working remotely on Mondays & Fridays.*** Responsible for promoting the use of industry and Company technology standards. Monitors emerging technologies/technology practices for potential use within the Company. Designs and develops updated infrastructure in support of one or more business processes under supervision. Helps to ensure a balance between tactical and strategic technology solutions. Considers business problems "end-to-end": including people, process and technology, both within and outside the enterprise, as part of any design solution. Mentors, reviews codes and verifies that the object oriented design best practices and that coding and architectural guidelines are adhered to. Identifies and drives issues through closure. Has in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in own discipline. Usually determines own work priorities. Acts as resource for colleagues with less experience.

Job Description

*** This position is a hybrid role, working onsite in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and working remotely on Mondays & Fridays.***Core Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing an organizational data strategy in line with business processes. The strategy includes data model designs, database development standards, implementation and management of data warehouses and data analytics systems.

• Identifying data sources, both internal and external, and working out a data management plan aligned with organizational data strategy.

• Coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors for the smooth functioning of the enterprise data system.

• Managing end-to-end data architecture, from selecting the platform, designing the technical architecture, and developing the application to finally testing and implementing the proposed solution.

• Ensures programs are envisioned, designed, developed, and implemented across the enterprise to meet business needs. Interfaces with the enterprise architecture team and other functional areas to ensure that most efficient solution is designed to meet business needs.

• Ensures solutions are well engineered, operable, maintainable, and delivered on schedule. Develops, documents, and ensures compliance with best practices including the following coding standards, object-oriented design, platform and framework specific design concerns and human interface guidelines.

• Tracks and documents requirements for enterprise development projects and enhancements.

• Monitors current and future trends, technology and information that will positively affect organizational projects; applies and integrates emerging technological trends to new and existing systems architecture. Mentors team members in relevant technology

• Contributes to the overall system implementation strategy for the enterprise and participates in appropriate forums, meetings, presentations etc. to meet goals.

• Gathers and understands client needs, finding key areas where technology leverage is possible to improve business processes, defines architectural approaches and develops technology proofs. Communicates technology direction.

• Monitors the project lifecycle from intake through delivery. Ensures the entire solution design is complete and consistent from the start and seeks to remove as much re-work as possible.

• Works with product marketing to define requirements. Develops and communicates system/subsystem architecture. Develops clear system requirements for component subsystems.

• Acts as architectural lead on project, lead team of Data Software Engineers.

• Build data products, identifying trouble spots, and optimizing the overall user experience with a robust data architecture capable of providing insights

• Drive standardization and service focused instrumentation

• Build capabilities that analyze massive amounts of data both in real-time and batch processing

• Architect and Design systems that support multiple billions of events per day and are scalable and highly available

• Prototype ideas for new tools, products and services across data management ecosystem

• Employ rigorous continuous delivery practices managed under an agile software development approach

• Ensure a quality transition to production and solid production operation of the platforms

• Researches, writes and edits documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.

• Lead development for new platform initiatives and provide technical leadership throughout the design process and guidance on practices, procedures and techniques. Serves as a guide and mentor for junior-level Software Development Engineers.

• Works with Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specification and technical requirements.

• Displays in-depth knowledge of, and ability to apply, process design and redesign skills. Presents and defends architectural, design, and technical choices to internal audiences.

• Desired Skills/ Experience

• Telecommunications experience Knowledge of Telecommunication/Cable billing, customer care systems e.g. DST, CSG and AMDOCS etc.

• Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Statistics or related discipline is required.

• Field of Study

• Engineering, Computer Science

• Years of Experience

• Generally, requires 8 years related experience

• 3 years Data Analytics and Platform experience

• Experience with Spark(AWS EMR), Spark Streaming &Batch, Hadoop/Cloduera,Hadoop (HDFS, YARN), AWS S3, Hives SQL/ Java, Kafka, MemSQL, Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB (NoSQL), Java, Scala, Git, Maven, Jenkins, Rancher, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes, Oracle, Teradata and related skills/tools.

• Experience with SQL, Python and Tableau.

• Experience in software development of large-scale distributed systems including proven track record of delivering backend systems that participate in a complex ecosystem.

• Experience in data related technologies and open-source frameworks preferred

• Proficient in Unix/Linux environments

• Enjoy working with data analysis, data quality and reporting

• Requires understanding of complete SDLC and Experience with continuous integration, test-driven/behavior-driven development, and agile, scrum development methodologies

• Able to thrive in a fast-paced agile environment and to work effectively across organizational boundaries

• Excellent communicator, able to analyze and clearly articulate complex issues and technologies understandably and engagingly

• Data mining, joining, and analyzing big data from multiple environments.

• Experience with advanced statistical and data mining techniques.

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 an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

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, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

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.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years

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