Master Control Engineer

JOB TITLE: Master Control Engineer

LOCATION: Miami FL

ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAM:

Job Description

The Network Engineering Department at Televisa Univision is looking for a Master Control Engineer to join our team!

Master Control Engineer is responsible for but not limited to the uptime, configuration, preventive and corrective maintenance of file based on-air media storage and play-out automation systems; as well as all Baseband, Encoding and Transmission equipment in Master Control, Encoding, Distribution Systems, Satellite Antennas, RF Systems and Transport Stream and IP based Video Systems. Responsible for supporting cloud playout and distribution in multi-vendor IaaS and SaaS distribution and production environments used by Univision.

ABOUT YOU:

You have experienced in developing and maintaining on prem and cloud-based playout and distributions workflows, encoding and transmission systems and are familiar with DAI. You want to learn and grow on a team supporting a truly global media company.

YOUR DAY-DAY:

• You will work with other engineers to install, maintain, and evolve our cloud-based video playout, encoding, and distribution platforms.
• You will support microservice-based video processing workflows in a cloud environment.
• You will investigate and resolve encoding issues in a video streaming environment.
• You will field questions and requests from site publishers regarding video encoding / playback.
• You will work with development teams on re-architecture/modernizing existing systems into the cloud.
• You will drive issues to resolution and provide root cause analysis if needed.

YOU HAVE:

• AS degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
• Cloud Certifications. GCP preferred.
• Proficiency with server and workstation operation, configuration, and support.
• In depth understanding of digital audio and video signals, compression and transmission methodologies, codecs and standards.
• Experience with SCTE messaging (104, 35, 224)
• Experience with AVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AAC video and audio codec standards
• Understanding of various multimedia transport protocols such as RTP, RTMP, SRT, UDP, HLS and Zixi.

OUR BENEFITS:

TelevisaUnivision believes that a happy, well-balanced employee is what makes our culture thrive. We offer a wide selection of perks and benefits including PTO; wellness and employee support programs; and other insurance plans. This is all in addition to our comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental and vision coverage options.

TelevisaUnivision is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.