Broadcast Engineer, Channel

Job Description

Broadcast Engineer, NBC News Channel (Charlotte)

Responsibilities

NBCUniversal has an opening for an Engineer of Broadcast & On-Air Systems, for NBC News Channel in Charlotte, NC. The Engineer of Broadcast & On-Air Systems will be part of a dedicated 24x7 team tasked with supporting and maintaining this facility and operation, including immediately addressing on-air and critical issues as they arise.

Responsibilities:
• Provide daily technical support for a 24x7x365 broadcast facility and its users.
• Responding to outage calls from operations team and lead initial response to any technical issues.
• Working with internal subject matter experts and vendors to resolve problems as necessary.
• Assisting with implementation of software upgrades and system expansion.
• Performing periodic maintenance procedures such as system health checks and proactive system restarts.
• Collaborate with team across multiple technical disciplines.

Qualifications/Requirements
Qualifications/Requirements:
-2+ years of technical support in a live broadcast environment.

Additional Job Requirements:
-Must apply via nbcunicareers.com in order to be considered (note Job #55086BR).
-Must be willing to work in Charlotte, NC.
-Must have flexibility with regard to schedule, including the ability to work overnights, holidays, and weekends as required.
-Must have unrestricted employment authorization in the United States.

Desired Characteristics

-The ideal candidate would have knowledge about the following broadcast systems:

-Video Server Systems

-Digital editing systems

-Transcoding and delivery systems

-Transmission Encoding/Decoding Systems

-Broadcast Infrastructure (Routers, Frame Sync's, Intercom, etc.)

-IT Systems such as Servers and Workstations.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ropp6g-3-144-212-145-42 in your application.