Job Description

INTRODUCTION:

At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It’s what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

NBCU is looking for creative DevOps Engineers for NBCU’s Distribution Engineering organization who has the appetite to learn, possesses a combination of technical skills along with communication and soft skills with a mindset of Agile, DevOps and Engineering. This role will be responsible for the engineering, operations, monitoring, deployment, and maintenance of core Distribution Engineering platform.

JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a nationwide NextGen technology refresh for the NBC Network including UHD distribution components
• Commission / automate NextGen distribution technology to be used in upcoming NBC Olympic events
• Develop, customize, and enhance monitoring/alerting tools for “on-air” environments
• Develop automated methods to provision, upgrade and monitor Distribution Engineering infrastructure and tools
• Develop proof of concept deployments for evaluation of products and architectures 
• Identify single points of failure for new/existing systems; propose & deploy more reliable scalable solutions
• Participate in product release cycles, deploying code to integration, staging, and production environments, integrating with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling
• Evaluate new software releases for basic reliability and systems integration support 
• Working with vendors to integrate products and services for NBCU's distribution environment
• Provide Tier 2 support for Operations/On-Air Engineering teams

NOTE: This is NOT a 24/7 on-call support role. There is a separate Tier 1 support team handling this

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related degree
• 2+ yrs. experience in modern infrastructure deployment and maintenance
• 1-2+ yrs. experience with enterprise configuration management tools and automation platforms (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with multiple scripting languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby or Bash)
• Experience in modern infrastructure deployment and maintenance
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Experience with networking and cloud-based network environments
• Experience with containerization Docker & Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD build and deployment practices
• Experience in administrating Linux and Windows environments
• Experience with a variety of software and hardware operating environments.
• Experience in troubleshooting complex technical issues.
• Experience with IP video technologies a plus
• Experience with DevSecOps principles
• Ability to use Agile process for project management, development & tracking
• Ability to create user interface designs based on client workflows

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS: 

• Good communicator and able to clearly articulate complex issues and technologies
• Great design and problem-solving skills
• Team Player
• Willing to take ownership of problems and see them through to resolution
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced agile environment.  Requirements change quickly and our team needs to constantly adapt to moving targets

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or related degree

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the US

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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