Senior Media Systems Engineer
Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Location: Bristol
Posted on: October 6, 2024
Job Description:
OverviewOn any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN
Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing
experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also
transforming our media business for the future. Whether that's
evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive
ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance
flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched
entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a
difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around
the world.A few reasons why we think you'd love working here:
- Building the future of Disney's media: -DE&E Technologists
are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our
media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to
come.
- Reach & Scale: -The products and platforms this group builds
and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every
day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN
and ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: -We develop and implement groundbreaking products
and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences
experience sports, entertainment & news.Engineering Services
designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E
Technology's worldwide content production and distribution
platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of
cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality
Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast
Infrastructure, and Networking & Security.Job SummaryDisney Media
Systems Engineers have a clear charter: to transform the capability
and flexibility of how Disney acquires, produces, and distributes
content worldwide, all while ensuring the highest levels of
quality, efficiency, and resiliency.Disney Media Systems Engineers
often find themselves at the crossroads between hardware and
software-based technology and must possess a comprehensive
theoretical and practical understanding of the technology that
powers the generation, monetization, and distribution of all forms
of consumer- facing linear and digital video/audio content.
Responsibility includes numerous systems such as Playout
Technology, Studios, Production Control Rooms, Remote Production,
Post-Production, Contribution/Distribution Systems, Networking,
Cloud Compute, Production Software and Virtual Environment and
more.The Sr. Media Systems Engineer acts as a technical leader and
is responsible for the design and implementation working closely
with management and Executive Leadership to make recommendations
and advance Disney's technical posture.The Sr. Media Systems
Engineer will work with vendors and industry trade organizations to
define and evolve industry standards, solutions that impact our
business. The Sr. Media Systems Engineer will lead and own all
aspects of the design and build of Disney's most impactful projects
and will leverage their experience to create documentation,
procedures, and standards that drive all our technological
development.Responsibilities
- Responsible and play lead role for technical implementation of
traditional broadcast production systems and cloud -based
infrastructure that support content acquisition, production,
encoding, decoding, and content distribution across multiple
DE&E Technology networks (linear, digital, and streaming
platforms)
- Take lead role on projects to modernize our legacy media
production infrastructure systems to make way for advancements such
as SMPTE ST 2110, 4K, UHD HDR, JPEGxs, NDI, ProRes Raw, H.265, AV1,
including multi resolution support across broadcast facilities
(720p/1080/4K/UHD/HDR), metadata conversion, audio mapping, system
outages, microservices architecture tunning and related technical
problems.
- Take lead role and coordinate the construction of facilities,
upgrades and the installation of equipment including core routing,
intercom, playout, distribution systems, non-linear edit systems,
graphics, video servers, storage solutions, file acquisition, file
transcode, file transfer, media asset management and automation
systems. Collaborate closely with installation engineers, equipment
manufacturers, vendors, technical operations staff, and others
involved in the projects.
- Collaborate closely with DE&ET and operations' management
to assess facility needs. Develops project plans, schedules, and
capital planning, forecasting and estimations. Collaborates closely
with equipment manufacturers and vendors to understand the range of
equipment that might be relevant to support broadcasting facilities
and operations.Minimum Qualifications: -
- 5+ years broadcast engineering experience.
- BS in Engineering or Computer Science or a minimum of 5 years'
experience in broadcast facilities design and documentation.
- Strong understanding of baseband/IP video, audio and digital
compression, transport systems, audio/video encoding/transcoding
techniques and formats. Knowledge of file transfer acceleration
technologies and techniques.Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in AutoCAD
- -Working knowledge of DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, HTTP, UDP, SSL, and
SNMP.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Perl,
Python, Ruby, Shell, C or C++.
- Familiar with SMPTE standards for broadcast television and
video production/streaming environments with a current
certification such as not limited to ST 292M, ST 424M, ST 2110, ST
2059, IEE1588, ST 2022-7, SCTE-104, etc.
- Knowledge and experience with on-prem and cloud-based storage
and compute infrastructure platforms and current technological
offerings. File-based workflows like enterprise Media Asset
Management systems (Cloud-based Cloud Compute or Local
Network-based) including storage, compute, encode and
distribution.
- Knowledge and experience with compression techniques such as
MPEG2/4, HEVC, JPEG 2000, and JPEG XS.Knowledge and experience with
major media systems and the vendors that supply them in areas such
as signal routing infrastructure, intercom, playout, asset
management systems, file-based workflows, media acquisition,
transcoding/encoding, graphics, and NAS/SAN
technologies.#DisneyTECH
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