Sr. Video Streaming DevOps Engineer

Job Description

NBCU’s Distribution engineering is responsible for the automation and reliability of NBCU’s Live sources. Reasonable for the delivery of 200+ NBC and Telemundo stations and Cable networks, and live events like sports, news and entertainment content to third party providers and Peacock.

NBCU’s Distribution Engineering is looking to add a talented junior DevOps Engineer to be part of our Video Streaming team to build automation solutions to deploy and maintain applications, focusing on scalability, reliability and resiliency. We are looking for a dynamic team player who is an owner, accountable and passionate about technology. You will be working on high-visibility projects serving millions of viewers for industry-leading sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, Olympics, Premier League, and America’s Got Talent.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

You will become a part of a team that deploys and supports applications at facilities across the country and business-to-business delivery of 24/7 Live content. You will work with 3rd party vendors to understand their systems and develop the automation to deploy, manage and monitor these systems. This is a fast-paced environment which requires you to think on your feet and pivot as needed to achieve our goals. Projects that seem easy will sometimes turn into hackathons. Some of our tasks include:

• Deploy and maintain remote systems across the country and in the Cloud
• Develop Infrastructure as a Code to instantiate / provision cloud resources
• Participate, facilitate, and/or lead large or complex troubleshooting activities that require significant judgment and reasoning outside area of expertise
• Work collaboratively with operations, engineers and vendor to gather requirements and develop solutions
• Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them by evaluating new technology alternatives and vendor products
• Develop robust CI/CD pipelines that integrates security, code quality and automated testing
• Participate in an on-call rotation for L2 support off-hours

Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or related experience
• 5+ years of prior DevOps experience or equivalent, modern infrastructure deployment and maintenance
• Strong experience with Linux/Unix administration IP networking and interfacing with cloud-based networks, good understanding of the core networking fundamentals
• Experience designing and delivering cloud hosted services in (e.g., AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Comfortable managing code with Git and Git CLI
• Working knowledge of Cloud Formation, Terraform, Ansible and Chef to automate deployments of software/infrastructure
• Working knowledge of scripting languages such Python, Bash, JavaScript, JSON, XML and YML
• Experience with developing and deploying containerized systems, Kubernetes, docker
• Experience with CI/CD build and deployment practices
• Experience with Splunk, Grafana, ELK to create dashboards and alerts
• Familiar with cyber security best practices and tooling such as CrowdStrike, Qualys, Airlock
• Experience using and/or developing AI agents to code and troubleshoot issues

Desired Characteristics

• Understanding of Broadcast and Media distribution workflows / technologies
• Experience developing software/scripts that leverage Microsoft Graph API
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and codecs (TS, HEVC, H.264, HLS, CMAF, DASH, SCTE-35, SCTE-224, ESAM, SRT/RIST)
• Good communicator and can clearly articulate complex issues and technologies
• Great design and problem-solving skills
• Willing to take ownership of problems and see them through to resolution
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced agile. environment.  Requirements change quickly and our team needs to constantly adapt to moving targets
• Experience with video encoding vendors such as Harmonic, Elemental, Synamedia, Evertz, Nevion

Additional Requirements: 

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence. 

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $110,000 - $135,000

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis. 

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. 

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