Data Center Operations and Design Engineer

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.) Job Summary We’re seeking an experienced Data Center Operations and Design Engineer to provide technical leadership across deployment activities and day-to-day operations within a critical facility environment. This role serves as a member of the Data Center Engineering team, responsible for complex hardware installations, decommissioning, migrations, structured cabling, maintenance execution, troubleshooting, operational incident response, and on-call support. The ideal candidate brings advanced hands-on technical expertise, leads cross-functional projects and vendor engagements, applies sound engineering judgment in infrastructure planning and equipment placement, develops and maintains technical procedures and MOPs, mentors team members, and drives operational excellence while ensuring data center operations are executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company standards. They play a key role in maintaining reliable, scalable, and highly available infrastructure while continuously identifying opportunities to improve processes, service reliability, and operational performance. Job Description *This position is unable to provide work authorization sponsorship or immigration support now or in the future.* The Technology + Product organization works at the intersection of media and technology and our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products and next-generation technologies that transform the customer experience. This engineer works onsite in our Hillsboro, OR Data Center. Two possible shifts are Monday-Thursday, 8am-7pm OR Monday-Friday 8am-5pm with a rotating on-call weekend schedule. What You’ll Do: Manage rack, stack, power, cabling, deployment, decommissioning, and migration of equipment within the critical facility. Troubleshoot operational issues, support outage response activities, and engage appropriate resources to drive issues to closure. Coordinate change activities, maintenance work, technical project execution, resource planning, and implementation schedules. Maintain and troubleshoot structured cabling infrastructure and support day-to-day capacity and operational requirements. Develop, maintain, and execute MOPs, technical procedures, and validation steps to ensure work is completed safely and with minimal impact. Participate in the on-call rotation, respond to after-hours incidents and urgent operational issues, and coordinate escalation or recovery actions as needed. Document incident details, actions taken, and follow-up requirements to support effective handoff, root cause review, and continuous improvement. Interface with vendors and internal stakeholders to install, maintain, troubleshoot, and support data center infrastructure and related services.

We’re Looking For: 2–5+ years of experience installing and supporting switches, routers, servers, and rack-mounted equipment in a data center or critical facility Experience supporting high-speed data, voice, IP, and network infrastructure