Job Description

Job Summary:

This technology team is part of the ABC Owned Television (ABC OTV) group which is in the Disney Entertainment division. Our technology teams all contribute to create a high-performance and positive work culture that is committed to high quality standards, employee growth, and a focus on innovation.  Technology is nothing without the team behind it and we invest in our teams by promoting healthy work-life balance, training, and competitive compensation and benefits.  

ABC Owned Television Stations is seeking a strong candidate for the role of Content Systems Engineer.

This full-time role is hands on and is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting mission critical media systems supporting various departments across the enterprise, primarily media production.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Broadcast Engineering, or related field or equivalent years of work experience

• 5 years of broadcast/post production engineering experience

• Advanced knowledge of media workflow and orchestration systems such as Telestream Vantage, IBM Aspera, Dalet Galaxy, etc.

• Intermediate knowledge of Python, PowerShell, or other programming languages

• Knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, and AWS media services)

• Knowledge of on-premises Virtualization & Storage solutions (VMware, NetApp Storage, Dell EMC Isilon, etc.)

• Familiarity with broadcast hardware (encoders, decoders, video routers, etc.)

• Understanding of live video transport protocols (SRT, RTMP, RTSP, NDI, etc.)

• Familiarity with Post Production workflows (transcoding, archiving, etc.) including non-linear editing, VFX and motion graphics software (Adobe Creative Suite [After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro], Maxon CINEMA 4D, DaVinci Resolve, etc.)

• Excellent organization and communication skills, with the ability to multitask and quickly adapt to changing requirements

• Ability to work early mornings, late nights, holidays, and weekends as needed for outages and/or maintenance windows, and participate in the department’s on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience

The hiring range for this position in Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY is $100,100 to $134,200 ; in San Francisco CA is $104,600 to 140,200; in Burbank, CA and Chicago, IL is $95,500 to $128,000; in Houston, TX and Durham, NC is $91,000 to $121,900. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Night shift, Weekend work, Early shift,

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