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Video Distribution Engineer I

Fox, Tempe, Arizona, us, 85285

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Staff Broadcast Engineer

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Fox Corporation – Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through brands including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

About The Role The Staff Broadcast Engineer builds and maintains cutting-edge platforms for one of the premier national broadcasters. This role is part of our engineering team to ensure our content is readily available to viewers at any time via broadcast channel playout, Video OnDemand (VOD) and other media services.

About You

You care about your team and their diverse perspectives and are invested in their success

You are excited by new technology and its potential to change how things are done

You have an entrepreneur\'s spirit and enjoy problem solving

You LOVE getting stuff done, not just talking about it!

Responsibilities

Engineering & Support: Provides engineering support for all on-air broadcast systems

Follow standard operating procedures and documentation to support the operations team in a 24/7 environment

Builds and maintains FOX’s broadcast infrastructure

Conduct lab, performance and system tests and prototype efforts that can continually evolve FOX’s architecture and infrastructure

Supports evaluation of solutions portfolio against third party offerings

Collaboration & Partnerships: Supports Media Operations team in day-to-day operations and assist users with technical issues or concerns

Partners with the Engineering and Standards & Advanced Technology teams to develop groundbreaking technology solutions for challenging business issues

Collaborate with engineering teams, operations teams, and third-party vendors to develop long term strategy, product development and implementation road maps

Performance Improvement: Know data is critical to making informed business decisions and uses it to understand and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team\'s performance

Analyze dashboards and optimize system security and testing, minimizing bugs reaching final products

Prioritize the use of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to motivate the team

People Management & Development: Embody a culture of continuous learning, especially in emerging technologies

Be part of a high performing team and deliver high quality products

Enjoy learning from and coaching others

What You Will Need

10+ years hands on experience working in a broadcast or television facility

Strong working understanding of the SMPTE 2110 suite of standards as well as NMOS developed by AMWA

Working knowledge of compression techniques such as MPEG2/4, HEVC, JPEG 2000, and JPEG XS

Designs, deploys, and maintains facility’s intercom solutions

Create, manage, and share design documentation, SOPs, workflow diagrams, and training materials using collaborative tools at FOX, such as Confluence, JIRA, and others

Demonstrate strong analytical, reasoning, and technical troubleshooting skills

Knowledge of major broadcast systems and vendors in routing, storage, graphics, transcoding, playout, master control, etc.

Strong knowledge of asset management systems, file based workflows, media acquisition, trans-coding/encoding, and NAS/SAN technologies

Knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM), on-prem VMs, containerization, and orchestration tools

Experience with virtual machines and database administration

Strong knowledge of networking protocols and routing/switching

General Qualifications: Ability to work effectively across different projects and teams

Ability to work various shifts as part of a 24/7 coverage team

Ability to translate business and operation requirements into technical requirements

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent practical experience in Engineering, IT, Computer Science or related Tech field

Knowledge and experience with emerging technologies such as 4K HDR and HDR10+

Proficient in cloud platforms, with a strong focus on AWS

Strong knowledge of Evertz Magnum SMPTE ST 2110 broadcast control solution

Experience with Arista MCS for IP-based SMPTE ST 2110 workflows

Experience in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting intercom solutions from Riedel Communications

Familiarity with AI-based system monitoring and diagnostics for improving performance, reliability, and fault detection

Understanding of AI-driven workflow automation for optimizing media management, content processing, and broadcast operations

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role is $138,000.00-158,000.00 annually. This role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, benefits including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits as per plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

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