Data Scientist Embedded Telemetry & Analytics

Comcast • Philadelphia, PA

95d

About The Position

As a 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• An array of options, expert guidance, and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality.
• Support physically, financially, and emotionally through big milestones and in everyday life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Telecommunications
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree