Engineer 3, Digital Systems &Reliability

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.
 

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Job Description

Our Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, supported by media industry leaders, Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team, you’ll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock, NOW, Fandango, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and TV Everywhere, powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesn’t stop there. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.

Role Purpose
An experienced engineer will join a team that will support engineering design and support for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new, innovative streaming service.  This role will facilitate support efforts to ensure the maximum reliability for all Peacock operations, including live event production.  Using knowledge and experience as a problem solver, they will bridge the gap between traditional broadcast engineering and DTC.
 
Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and issue resolution of all transmission, monitoring, and communication systems related to Peacock operations, including live event productions
• Ensure the engineering designs, plans, maintenance, and other activities related to engineered systems result in a safe and reliable transmission operation. This is inclusive of transmission paths, switching stations, encoding and decoding, timing, routing, and scheduling systems
• Liaison with engineers, operators, and leadership to facilitate support of cross-disciplinary operations and engineered systems
• Interface with Telecommunications carriers and vendors to identify, escalate and resolve issues, commit maintenance windows, as well as improve on overall performance
• Integral to the development of standard operation procedures associated with technical operations to improve human/machine interface reliability. This includes, but is not limited to, audio/video and communications systems, the QC process for live events, outgoing transmission activity, and in-depth streaming monitoring

Qualifications

• Minimum four (4) years’ experience in systems engineering design, configuration, and maintenance
• Understanding of IP networking
• Familiarity with Bash, Terminal, Python, or Shell scripting, AWS EC2
• Familiarity of video transport standards/protocols (e.g., MPEG, HEVC, HLS, RTP, ASI, HLS, CMAF, DASH) and DAI standards (e.g., SCTE 104 and SCTE 35)
• Proficiency in MS Office, Visio (or similar), and AutoCad (or similar)
• Ability to prepare and deliver written and oral communications of complex matters

Eligibility Requirements
• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
• Must be able to work nights, overtime, and on weekends with short notice
• Must be willing to work in Stamford, CT
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must pass a background investigation
• It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal’s affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
 

Desired Characteristics

• Familiarity with baseband video protocols (HD-SDI, 2110 and 2022-6/7), 4K/HDR standards, Dolby 5.1 and Atmos audio standards
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong technical writing skills, and the ability to work under the pressures of a live television environment
• Familiarity with broadcast technologies, to include routing and switching, frame sync, large-scale KVMs; including products from vendors such as Evertz, Grass Valley, Adder, Elemental, and Sony
• Proven track-record of issue resolution and troubleshooting of complex technical systems
• Previous experience in critical data center operations, telecommunications, energy generation plant, or similar critical systems support roles
• Good project management skills and demonstrated product ownership experience
• Previous supervisory role
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or similar, or equivalent experience
• CCNA certification a plus

Salary range: $85,000 - $120,000 

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's 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 [email protected].