Broadcast Network Engineer

Fox•New York, NY

4d•$44 - $69•Hybrid

About The Position

FOX News is looking for a Broadcast Network Engineer to join the team in NY. As the Network Engineer, you will be focused on Media and Broadcast, to design, implement, and administer highly resilient and scalable network(s) supporting media workflows and live broadcast for Fox News. As a member of the Software-defined Networking (SDN) Broadcast Infrastructure team, you will work closely with multiple teams and disciplines across the enterprise to conceptualize, build, and integrate solutions and services to support the challenging real-time requirements of the media/broadcast business.

Requirements

A proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale mission critical networks
Experience troubleshooting complex problems while delivering innovative solutions
Knowledge of SMPTE ST 2110 – Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks standards
7+ years working with large scale networks
Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with network platforms such as Arista, and Cisco
Expert network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills
Willingness and ability to teach and train others

Nice To Haves

Media Technology and/or broadcast experience
BS in a Computer Science
Experience with automation and scripting
Cisco CCNP, or equivalent Arista certification
Experience with Spine-leaf Architecture

Responsibilities

Gathering, planning, and assessing current network configuration
Identify architectural risks and propose alternatives and solutions
Work with SDN team to design networking solutions capable of transporting live content (uncompressed) over dedicated high-bandwidth IP networks
Collaborate with teams across the organization to troubleshoot service impacting issues
Team up with outside vendors to successfully test and integrate new technology
Track, report, and proactively address network capacity issues
Discover and implement new technologies that simplify the network environment while improving security and performance
Fully document all changes to network topology
Track, report, and proactively deploy firmware/software updates on switching equipment when needed
Network capacity planning, performance tuning and troubleshooting
Create and maintain up to date documentation of the network environment detailing configuration of deployed solutions