Broadcast Engineer - NBC Sports Philadelphia
Broadcast Engineer - NBC Sports Philadelphia
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Job Description
NBC Sports Philadelphias Technology & Operations department provides Technical Engineering Media Operations Production Studios and Facilities Support at the Philadelphia Regional Sports Network located in the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia PA.
The Broadcast Engineer will be primarily responsible for helping gather requirements planning designing and implementing systems within our mission critical multiclient broadcast and enterprise IT environment. The role requires that you possess the necessary selfdiscipline to take ownership and responsibility for delivering technical solutions considering both business and technical needs of all customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs. You will be part of a team of engineers that deliver internal customeroriented solutions mission critical infrastructure and ensure the highest levels of availability and performance. The role will suit individuals who are excited by the opportunity to work with leading edge technologies in the design implementation of IP based highly virtualized broadcast environments.
Job Responsibilities:
- Committed to help our business succeed by supporting mission critical broadcast and IT systems projects and new initiatives.
- Develop strong working relationships with department leaders and their teams.
- Work with internal / external Technical Support teams to ensure timely resolution of customer requests and issues.
- Evaluate and optimize workflows related to all broadcast systems including linear and IP fabric for video infrastructures virtualized Windows & Linux environments encode / decode platforms newsgathering tools NLE Media Asset Management systems distribution / transmission systems and other workflow tools.
- Participate in the testing of new technology as well as installing commissioning and configuring any new Technology.
- Develop and maintain system documentation for operational and troubleshooting purposes.
- Work with operations teams to ensure SOPs & documentation are written and up to date
- Other duties as deemed necessary
Qualifications :
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Broadcast IT or systems Engineering or similar with 5 years experience preferred. Equivalent experience considered.
- Experience in a similar role with an ISP media company systems integrator or other relevant industry.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting a major market or network News/Sports operation
- Hands on experience with support of nonlinear edit systems such as Premier and Avid.
- Demonstrated knowledge of media over managed IP networks and protocols.
- Knowledge and experience with hardware virtualization
- Knowledge of media workflow tools and production systems such as Vantage Avid iNews Dalet Ross Overdrive/Xpression or similar.
- Knowledge of transmission systems including fiberbased RF and IP streaming.
- Knowledge of newsgathering and communications systems
- Strong ability to read and generate system documentation (Visio ACAD).
- Positive work ethic ability to work well in groups to execute projects on time and on budget while meeting customer expectations.
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with diverse audiences across different departments ranging from nontechnical clients to technical professionals and operations staff.
- Knowledge of standard engineering processes such as change control and agile development concepts.
- Must be keen to learn and develop new skills
- Must possess strong multitasking skills and the ability to prioritize tasks
Eligibility Requirements:
- Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through to be considered
- Must be willing to work in Philadelphia PA
- Willingness to work nontraditional hours evenings weekends & holidays.
- Flexibility with schedule changes based on needs of business.
- Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Must be 18 years or older
- Ability to lift and carry 25 pounds of gear
- Must be covered by Solutions NBCUs Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
- Required OnSite: This position is required to be performed fulltime from an NBCUniversaldesignated worksite.
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
