Data Scientist – Embedded Telemetry & Analytics

Posted:
9/23/2025, 1:40:04 AM

Location(s):
Pennsylvania, United States ⋅ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Data & Analytics

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

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

As an Data Scientist on our Embedded Engineering team, you’ll contribute to the transformation of telemetry data from 70M+ devices into actionable insights. You’ll work closely with senior engineers and data leads to support the ingestion, extraction, and modeling of high-volume telemetry using modern cloud-native tools like Fluent Bit, Apache NiFi, and AWS analytics services.

Job Description

This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship.  To be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist in building and validating models that analyze device telemetry, reliability, and performance.
  • Support upstream telemetry transformation pipelines using Apache NiFi and Fluent Bit.
  • Collaborate with engineering to define and refine metadata indexing, data cataloging, and consumption mapping.
  • Develop and maintain reproducible data workflows using Python, SQL, and AWS-native tools (Athena, S3, Redshift, DocumentDB).
  • Participate in the creation of dashboards and visualizations for internal and customer-facing metrics.
  • Contribute to monitoring and anomaly detection systems for real-time telemetry streams.
  • Document data definitions, assumptions, and methodologies in collaboration with the data platform lead.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field.
  • 0–2 years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related field.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis and modeling.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and distributed data systems.
  • Exposure to time-series data, telemetry, or IoT analytics is a plus.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with Apache NiFi, Fluent Bit, or similar data ingestion tools.
  • Knowledge of AWS services such as Athena, Redshift, S3, and DocumentDB.
  • Understanding of Kubernetes and containerized data workflows.
  • Experience with data cataloging and metadata management tools.

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.

Skills

Big Data Engineering, Data Storytelling, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering

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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

2-5 Years

Comcast is 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, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Comcast

Website: http://corporate.comcast.com/

Headquarter Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1963

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

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