Network Engineer

NBCUniversal•Stamford, CT

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal’s Network Engineering group within the Operations & Technology organization is hiring a Network Engineer based at its NBC Sports facility in Stamford, Connecticut. The engineer will join a dedicated team that builds reliable, scalable network infrastructure for broadcast and media production facilities. The role involves configuring, deploying, and supporting Cisco and Arista network equipment and Palo Alto firewalls using vendor and internal automation and monitoring systems. The engineer will provide IP networking expertise and support critical escalated issues at their assigned location, while also supporting other locations, including Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, and Miami.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience installing and configuring network technology from multiple vendors, including Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, XR), Juniper, Palo Alto, and F5.
Hands-on experience implementing firewall policy on Palo Alto Panorama and F5 through CLI and GUI.
Ability to participate in an operational on-call rotation supporting 24x7 production on-air network infrastructure.
Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation and diagrams.
Ability to travel occasionally for project and remote event support.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of enterprise and service provider networking, including OSPF, IS-IS, vPC, port-channeling, 10/40/100G optics, IPSEC, QoS, VLAN, multicast MP-BGP, route reflection, MPLS (IP and Segment Routing), Traffic Engineering, L3VPN, and VRF.
Ability to analyze network logs and other data sets to troubleshoot and isolate production and design problems.
Understanding of major broadcast vendors and how their technology is deployed in IP networks to support graphics, transcoding, playout, and master control.
Experience deploying and supporting hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure), especially network interconnect and security.
Experience with network automation and version control tools such as Ansible and Git to deploy networks at scale.

Responsibilities

Build reliable, scalable network infrastructure for broadcast and media production facilities.
Configure, deploy, and support network equipment and firewalls using vendor and internal automation and monitoring systems.
Provide subject matter expertise on IP-based networking.
Support critical escalated issues at the assigned location and support other company locations.
Participate in the operational on-call rotation supporting 24x7 production on-air network infrastructure.
Develop and maintain technical documentation and diagrams.
Travel occasionally for projects and remote event support.