Video DevOps Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in New York, NY
Remote
Hybrid
110K-135K Annually
Mid level
AdTech • Cloud • Digital Media • Information Technology • News + Entertainment • App development
NBCUniversal has a rich history of evolving the media and entertainment industry.
The Role
The Video DevOps Engineer will be part of the Video Streaming team, responsible for building automation solutions for deploying and maintaining applications. Key tasks include developing automation for video workflows, deploying remote systems, automating CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting complex issues, and providing documentation and support for 24/7 operations.
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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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Year Founded: 1910

What We Do

From film, television, news, theme parks, interactive media, and streaming, our people are at the center of it all. ​Here, we solve complex and business-critical problems. That’s why we’re looking for people to help us continue our evolution, imagining and delivering the most innovative and disruptive products and services through the latest tech advancements in the industry. ​

Here you can develop solutions. You’ll develop solutions that allow engineers to broadcast live TV from the comfort of their homes. These solutions will enable the use of our collection of hundreds of thousands of distinct intellectual properties across our film, television and streaming brands.

Here you can transform. You’ll make decisions and solve complex problems by leveraging insights that come from data, building AI to help enable solutions to optimize every aspect of our content eco-system.

Here you can build. You’ll build emerging immersive technologies that are used to power the broadcasts and streaming of global events like the Super Bowl and Olympics. You can create secure, elastic cloud-based services connecting parts of our global platform ecosystem that effect tens of millions of viewers, consumers and businesses that consume and love NBCUniversal’s content. And while you design, build and architect your career, we have the culture to make sure you’re supported.

Here you can work and still live your best life!

We’re leaders in our fields. We hire smart people and trust them to get the job done. We are never too busy to develop a fellow colleague. We understand our goals – or we ask. When we see something that needs doing – we do it. We make data-driven decisions. We fiercely believe in our talent and their growth. If you're ready to make an impact, here you can.

Why Work With Us

For us, it's more than just a work life. It's a daily passion. We take great pride in our legacy. We find fun in the challenge. We collaborate and inspire others. We're always creating, always solving and always ahead of competition.

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