Video DevOps Engineer

$110,000 - $135,000/Yr

NBC - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Junior DevOps Engineer will be part of NBCU's Distribution Engineering team, focusing on the automation and reliability of live video streaming services. This role involves building automation solutions to deploy and maintain applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and resiliency for high-visibility projects that serve millions of viewers. The engineer will work on various tasks including developing video workflows, maintaining remote systems, and supporting a 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation to create, update, delete video workflows
• Deploy and maintain remote systems across the country
• Automate the CI/CD pipeline and leverage related tools and applications
• Participate, facilitate, and/or lead troubleshooting activities
• Communicate, plan, provide status, and resolve issues related to cloud engineering initiatives
• Create documentation for knowledge transfer and training for L1 Support
• Serve as L2 Support for a 24/7 operation, participating in an on-call rotation

Requirements

• 3+ years of prior DevOps experience or equivalent
• Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and Linux/Unix administration
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible (or similar methods)
• Experience in software development and infrastructure as Code
• 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

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing software/scripts that leverage Microsoft Graph API
• Great design and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced agile environment
• Ability to create user interface designs based on client workflows
• Experience with CI/CD build and deployment practices

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Variety of discounts and perks