Manager, CDN Automation Development

Overview

Make your mark at Comcast — a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. Our technology teams develop and deliver products that transform the customer experience. This role leads a team of engineers, driving innovation, professional development, and alignment with business goals within the CDN automation and infrastructure space.

• Team Leadership & Talent Development: lead, mentor, and develop engineers at all levels; build a high performing, inclusive engineering culture grounded in curiosity and excellence; champion engineering excellence, innovation, and modernization initiatives.
• Engineering Delivery & Execution: ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of CDN infrastructure automation from concept through launch and ongoing optimization; implement and optimize modern SDLC practices including CI/CD, automated testing, incident management, and engineering metrics; oversee planning, estimation, resourcing, and sequencing of complex cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Technical Oversight & Governance: set architectural direction and make key technical decisions; ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability; reduce operational risk through disciplined incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: serve as the engineering executive point of contact for senior leadership, business partners, compliance, and operations; translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences.

• 7+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 3+ years as an engineering lead or engineering manager.
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code, including Concourse CI/CD, Ansible (Jinja2 templates, roles, custom modules), and Git/Git Hub; deep experience with Linux systems administration in large-scale distributed environments.
• Strong proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, Bash, or similar).
• Understanding of DNS, HTTP/S, TLS, TCP/IP; experience designing and supporting high-traffic platforms at global scale.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, drive change, and manage cross-functional initiatives; ability to manage a distributed team across multiple time zones; excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Additional “Nice to Have”
  
  Skills:
  
  advanced degree in CS/Engineering; hands-on experience operating or automating large-scale CDN, caching, or reverse proxy environments; direct experience with Apache Traffic Control and Apache Traffic Server; familiarity with BGP, Anycast, and advanced IP network routing; experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployment; knowledge of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Open Telemetry).

• Medical & Dental; 401(k) Savings Plan; generous paid time off; life milestones support (adoption assistance, childcare resources, pet insurance, and more).
• Courtesy Services: free digital TV and internet for full-time employees in serviceable areas; discounted Universal Resorts tickets and onsite hotel rooms.
• Reasonable Accommodation:
  Comcast provides reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and perform essential job functions.
• Education/Compensation:
  Bachelor’s degree preferred; compensation range and location details provided where applicable; information on total rewards and benefits is available on the Careers site.

Note: This information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role and is not a comprehensive inventory of duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.