Principal Video Engineer Job at NBCUniversal in Orlando

Principal Video Engineer

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world‑class content that we distribute across film, television, streaming and theme parks, operating leading entertainment and news brands such as NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and we own world‑renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Job Description

Versant Media is seeking a highly accomplished Principal Video Engineer to serve as the chief technical authority and operational leader for our entire video delivery pipeline. The role focuses on architecting, implementing, and maintaining a highly scalable, resilient, and performant video infrastructure that powers our premium News, Sports, and Entertainment programming.

Responsibilities

• Define video architecture & strategy: lead the strategic development and implementation of a scalable, resilient end‑to‑end video pipeline for both live and VOD content, emphasizing low‑latency, high‑quality, and high‑availability delivery across all DTC platforms (web, mobile, OTT).
• Establish a Center of Excellence: act as the subject‑matter expert, setting the technical standards, best practices, and playbooks for all video delivery engineering teams across Versant Media.
• Future‑proofing & innovation: collaborate with development teams to write post‑event technical reports and evaluations, driving continuous improvement and future‑proofing systems against emerging technologies.
• Live operations & reliability engineering: design and lead “war room” procedures and technical communication protocols for high‑risk live events, ensuring 100% success for major events such as sports playoffs, news breaking coverage, and high‑volume concurrent viewership.
• CDN & player management: lead strategy for large‑object global CDN utilization, player engineering, configuration, and fail‑over mechanisms to maximize reliability and performance.
• Broadcast integration & media supply chain: partner with Production Engineering and Broadcast teams to manage the seamless, high‑quality handoff of live feeds from the broadcast facility to the IP streaming domain; set standards for acquisition methods (RF/satellite, MPEG/IP, Zixi, Fiber) and processing in the machine room; own technical architecture for MAM integration, defining workflows for ingest, metadata enrichment, archive, and retrieval.
• Encoding & distribution expertise: lead the configuration and optimization of encode settings and outputs for multiframe delivery across formats (HLS, RTMP, DASH) to ensure an optimal viewing experience on every device.
• Develop post‑event technical reports and continuous improvement roadmap.
• Manage operational readiness, war‑room procedures, and client/vendor communications.

Qualifications

• Deep, proven experience architecting and operating video systems under extreme scale and high visibility, with a significant focus on live event playback and operations.
• Hands‑on expertise managing end‑to‑end live event streaming, including acquisition, processing, encoding, packaging, and distribution.
• Familiarity with Media Asset Management (MAM) systems and their role in the modern media supply chain, including integration with transcoding and distribution platforms.
• Expert‑level knowledge of video compression standards, streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, RTMP), and multi‑CDN environments (Akamai, Fastly, CloudFront).
• Proven ability to lead technical teams by example, define operational processes, and maintain schedule flexibility to support major live events in global time zones.
• Strong technical background in managing video infrastructure, including decoders, SDI routing, conversion gear, and encoder configurations.
• Track record of success in high‑risk environments, maintaining 100% event reliability for tentpole programming.

Benefits

Fully remote. Eligible for company‑sponsored medical, dental, vision insurance; 401(k); paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and a variety of other discounts and. Salary range: $170,000–$200,000 (bonus eligible). We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com. Although you will be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you will be part of this exciting company as it takes shape.