Description
Disney Media 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.
The Lead Media Systems Engineer is an expert engineer in several disciplines related to the acquisition, production, or distribution of media content. They are well-versed in multiple technical standards and have hands-on experience in both the sustainment and design/build of production systems.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
- Respond to and resolve issues that affect acquisition, production, and content distribution across multiple DEE networks including system outages, malfunctions, and related technical problems.
- Utilize system health and performance monitoring software and platforms; troubleshoot and participate in repairing system problems and failures.
- Analyze and troubleshoot streaming audio/video signals in traditional SDI and IP 2110 essence flow routing environments.
- Analyze and troubleshoot cloud platforms as necessary.
- Support third-party service providers by enforcing the agreed upon scope of services within the various signed service agreements.
- Select, train, motivate and evaluate technical staff; provide or coordinate staff training.
- Support the procurement of equipment, supplies and materials for Media technology systems within budget guidelines.
- Support long range planning for future media technology needs, including capital improvements.
- Lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures regarding technology facilities.
- Lead operational support of all activities related to operating, maintaining, and programming the audio and video production/distribution systems across the enterprise and other connected properties.
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
- 7 + years of previous and relevant experience in leading others, developing technical strategies ensuring efficient sustainment, uptime, and overall stability of the technical environments of Media Engineering and live media production and distribution environments.
- Expert level knowledge and experience with integrating, implementing, or refreshing broadcast control room equipment.
- Proficient with technologies like microservices, DevOps tools, design principles, practices, standards and guidelines.
- Scripting proficiency will be an advantage (Python, NodeJS, Bash, PowerShell).
- Proficient in SMPTE standards for broadcast television and video production/streaming environments with a current certification.