Video DevOps Engineer

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

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.

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.

• Develop automation to create, update, delete video workflows
• Deploy and maintain remote systems across the country.
• Automate the CI/CD pipeline and leverage tools and applications related to it and continuously improve the process and technologies around it.
• Participate, facilitate, and/or lead large or complex troubleshooting activities that require significant judgment and reasoning outside area of expertise 
• Communicate, plan, provide status, and resolve issues related to new cloud engineering initiatives.
• Creating documentation for Knowledge transfer, and training for L1 Support, Operations.
• Serve as L2 Support for a 24/7 Operation, participating in an on-call rotation for off-hours support.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 3+ years of prior DevOps experience or equivalent
• Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and Linux/Unix administration and
• Experience in working with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible (or similar methods) for software/infrastructure automation and configuration
• Experience in software development and infrastructure as a Code development process and Proficient in Git, Git commands and various Git workflows
• Working experience with developing and deploying containerized systems (Docker, EKS, K3S)
• Strong working knowledge of languages such as Python, Bash, JavaScript
• Experience with video encoding vendors such as Harmonic, Elemental, Synamedia, Evertz
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and codecs (HEVC, H.264, HLS, CMAF, DASH, SCTE-35, SCTE-224, ESAM, SRT/RIST, Transport Streams)
• Experience with IP networking and interfacing with cloud-based networks, good understanding of core networking fundamentals

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience developing software/scripts that leverage Microsoft Graph API
• 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
• Ability to create user interface designs based on client workflows
• Experience with CI/CD build and deployment practices

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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