Engineer 4 - Senior Data Engineer

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Job Summary

In this role, you will have an opportunity to be a key product builder within Comcast Technology Solution’s exciting new cybersecurity business unit, which sells SaaS and subscription security and data solutions to large enterprises and federal governments. This is a dynamic, fast-paced business unit that resides within a highly entrepreneurial division of Comcast that takes what Comcast builds internally and commercializes it for external usage. Currently, two solutions, BluVector and DataBee, both used internally by the Comcast CISO organization, are sold by the business unit. These solutions are advanced threat detection, advanced threat hunting and security operations center and compliance offerings that improve security and compliance in a cost-effective manner.

The Data Engineer role is responsible for developing and executing a critical portion of the new DataBee product, which is the industry’s first security, risk and compliance data fabric platform. A SaaS solution built on the top cloud-native hosting and data technology, the DataBee solution is inspired by tooling used widely in Comcast’s security and GRC teams and has delivered tremendous cost savings as well as faster detections, less noise, and higher compliance. In this role, you will be a key member of our data feeds team. You will help model and map version data sources in near real-time to assist security analysts in detect threats and security compliance experts in continuously monitoring their enterprises security posture. You will have the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of security vendors and product data, understand modern security data models and frameworks, perform testing and validation, be exposed to other DataBee scrum teams, and have ongoing technical leadership. You will also have the opportunity to learn from security practitioners in the United States who have built highly effective security products. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking for a rewarding opportunity to grow their career in the field of cybersecurity product creation.

Job Description

Must have Skills -

Python, SQL, Microservices, Snowflake, ETL, AWS Cloud Computing, Kubernetes.

Good to Have Skills -

Iceberg, dbt/SQLMesh, Familiarity with GRC Framework.

Core Responsibilities  

·       Responsible for security data modeling, security log mapping, Extract Transform Load (ETL), and configuration management  

·       Performs deployment, testing, and validation of multiple software components  

·       Recommends alterations and additions to existing designs to improve quality of products  

·       Works with operational teams to develop and improve monitoring solutions, plan and schedule maintenance, and implementing changes  

·       Communicates progress of work in progress, key initiatives, and walkthroughs on complex designs and architecture  

·       Works under immediate supervision - Typically reports to a supervisor or manager  

  

Required Experience and Skills  

·       Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar, and at least 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area  

·       Experience in deploying systems and applications, monitoring, ETL, and configuration management  

·       Working knowledge with ETL systems: ETL using Vector, Benthos or similar technologies and storage/planning with Snowflake, Databricks, lake house or similar technology  

·       Strong understanding and experience with structured query language (SQL), JSON and regex 

·       Familiarity with cybersecurity logging tools and formats (eg. CEF, syslog, EDR logs, AV logs, FW logs, etc.) 

·       Experience identifying useful information for security analysts in a new event source (ips, hostnames, etc.) 

·       Familiarity with various data representations and typing (hex vs binary vs integers) 

·       Experience programming with Python and shell Scripting

·       Experience with data transformation tools like DBT for SQLMesh

 

 

Additional Desired Experience and Skills  

·       Experience working for a cybersecurity company or building a cybersecurity offering  

·       Experience working in an entrepreneurial engineering environment   

·       Experience working on a SaaS product 

·       Experience building product interoperabilities or integrations with various cybersecurity third party offerings  

·       Experience with containerized software using Docker and Kubernetes 

 

Job Specification:  

·       working on large scale data processing environments  

·       working in a Linux environment  

  

Years of Experience Required: 8+ Years of Experience    

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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.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

7-10 Years

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