Entry Level Staff Site Reliability Engineer Jobs
New grad staff site reliability engineer jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong portfolio or internship work can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site and hybrid roles across Technology & Software, Aerospace & Defense, and Food & Beverage, with employers like SpaceX, Akamai Technologies, and Zefr hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.
JOB SUMMARY
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is responsible for the availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for the FreeWheel platforms. The SRE will engage in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and be able to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks. The SRE will be part of a team consisting of a healthy mix between software and technology infrastructure backgrounds. The SRE will provide subject matter expertise, resolve complex break/fix scenarios and engage broader teams as necessary, partner with engineering, vendors and client services to deliver successful technical solutions. Works with limited supervision and direction while executing associated functions and responsibilities. Follows operational practices and independently determines/develops approaches for non-routine solutions.
REQUIREMENTS
- Hands-on experience with some of the follow technologies:
- Cloud (AWS & OCI specific is a big plus): VPC, subnets, network access control lists, security groups, EC2 instances, S3 buckets, IAM, Route 53, Lambda
- Languages: Python, Go, HTML, JavaScript, RESTFul web service
- SDLC tools: Containers, Kubernetes, Docker, Salt, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Git
- Operations: Linux administration, network security, system infrastructure
- Experience on coding, providing technical solutions at an internet company is a plus.
- Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews is a plus.
- Tech influence in focused product/tech areas and practices is a plus.
- Good communication and collaboration, within/across team/geo.
- Work / Shift Timings: Be able to work on weekend during on-call schedule.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be responsible for infrastructure service or platform component.
- Code level debugging on issues escalated to the team.
- Engineer tech solutions for infrastructure and application management, monitoring, and operations with standardization and automation focus.
- Provide support for the Cybersecurity program needs such as patching, vulnerability cleanup, secure server configuration, testing and validation, technical controls implementation and cybersecurity incident remediation efforts.
- Plug into software release cycle, work closely with developers to ensure software releases are well designed, planned, implemented, released, and monitored.
- Support FreeWheel powered live events such as Super Bowl, Olympic Games, March Madness, and FIFA World Cup.
- Performs a variety of complex analytical duties in the planning, deployment, testing and evaluation of FreeWheel products.
- Participate in design and implementation in authoring infrastructure as code with best practices, tool use, and quality assurance.
- Work closely with engineering and vendors to identify and drive improvements including production quality, operational efficiency, engineering productivity.
- Leverages engineering methodologies and technical knowledge in specific areas of focus.
- Possesses in-depth working knowledge of FreeWheel platforms, infrastructure, internal processes and teams/partners.
- Acts as an advocate for ENG/OPS procedures, policies, processes and SRE best practices.
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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.
SKILLS
Kubernetes; DevOps; Linux
SALARY
Virginia Pay Range: $94,175.75 - $141,263.63
Additional Range: This job can be performed in Illinois with a Pay Range of $84,478.50 - $138,786.11
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
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
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.
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Entry Level Staff Site Reliability Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level staff site reliability engineer job?
Employers hiring at the entry level look for hands-on exposure to Linux systems, cloud platforms like AWS or GCP, and scripting in Python or Bash. A portfolio showing infrastructure projects, contributions to open-source monitoring tools, or a capstone from a bootcamp or degree program signals readiness. Internship experience, even a single semester, gives candidates a concrete edge over those with coursework alone.
Which companies hire entry level staff site reliability engineers?
Companies hiring entry level staff site reliability engineers right now include SpaceX, Akamai Technologies, and Zefr, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring comes from a mix of large technology firms building out reliability teams and growth-stage companies that prefer developing junior engineers in-house from the start.
Are there remote entry level staff site reliability engineer jobs?
Yes, though on-site and hybrid roles still make up a significant share of openings at this level. About 36% of entry level staff site reliability engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, giving new candidates real flexibility when searching. Filtering by work setting on Migrate Mate lets you narrow results to the arrangement that fits your situation.
Are these new grad staff site reliability engineer jobs?
Yes, the listings here include new grad, recent graduate, and junior roles. A posting is new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internship or academic project work in place of full-time history, or calls out an interest in developing candidates from the ground up. If a listing mentions a degree program or portfolio submission, that is a strong signal it is open to new grad applicants.
Which industries hire the most entry level staff site reliability engineers?
Entry Level staff site reliability engineer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Aerospace & Defense, and Food & Beverage, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors drive entry level hiring because they run large-scale distributed systems that require dedicated reliability work, creating consistent openings for junior engineers ready to build on foundational cloud and automation skills.