Master Control Engineer

Univision • Miami, FL

10d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experienced in developing and maintaining on prem and cloud-based playout and distributions workflows, encoding and transmission systems.
• Familiar with DAI.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and evolve cloud-based video playout, encoding, and distribution platforms.
• Support microservice-based video processing workflows in a cloud environment.
• Investigate and resolve encoding issues in a video streaming environment.
• Field questions and requests from site publishers regarding video encoding / playback.
• Work with development teams on re-architecture/modernizing existing systems into the cloud.
• Drive issues to resolution and provide root cause analysis if needed.

Benefits

• PTO
• wellness and employee support programs
• other insurance plans
• comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental and vision coverage options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree