Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.
Job Description
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:
The primary purpose of the Associate Post Engineer is to support the International Post infrastructure environments for our International TV Networks, Social Media team and Film operations. The core responsibilities include (but are not limited to) managing and resolving requests from clients, designing and evolving post production workflows, maintenance and patching of systems as well as managing small projects. The position requires a thorough understanding of Avid and Adobe.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
- Avid Interplay, NEXIS and Media Composer
- Adobe Creative Cloud, Blackmagic Resolve, 3rd party plugins for all applications
- Video standards e.g. SD, HD, UHD, HDR, NDI, SRT / Resolutions / Frame Rates
- Video Compression such as XDCAM50, MPEG2, MPEG4/AVC, XAVC, DNx, ProRes etc.
- Thorough understanding of Window 11, Windows Server and Mac OS
- Understanding of software automation (Ansible)
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work effectively with others across geographical locations
- Must be flexible and adaptable to changing requirements and schedules
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:
- File encoding and workflows using Telestream Vantage
- Leostream and Teradici PCoIP support
- Knowledge of VMWare & Virtualisation implementation and management
- File system administration (NFS, CIFS, SMB)
- Network infrastructure understanding (switches, routers, firewalls, TCP/IP, DNS)
- File acceleration applications using Aspera and Signiant products
- Knowledge and experience using Azure or AWS
- Experience and understanding of anti-piracy measures and cyber security in broadcast and post production environments
- Experience of Digital Cinema Projection, server equipment, digital cinema standards, 3D, 4K and integrated media blocks
- Experience of storage / archive technologies such as Facilis Terrablock, Object Matrix MatrixStore & XenData LTO Archive
- Understanding of the real-time technologies supporting IPTV solutions such as DVB stream processing, IP encoding, SRT, HLS
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].
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From film, television, news, theme parks, interactive media, and streaming, our people are at the center of it all. Here, we solve complex and business-critical problems. That’s why we’re looking for people to help us continue our evolution, imagining and delivering the most innovative and disruptive products and services through the latest tech advancements in the industry.
Here you can develop solutions. You’ll develop solutions that allow engineers to broadcast live TV from the comfort of their homes. These solutions will enable the use of our collection of hundreds of thousands of distinct intellectual properties across our film, television and streaming brands.
Here you can transform. You’ll make decisions and solve complex problems by leveraging insights that come from data, building AI to help enable solutions to optimize every aspect of our content eco-system.
Here you can build. You’ll build emerging immersive technologies that are used to power the broadcasts and streaming of global events like the Super Bowl and Olympics. You can create secure, elastic cloud-based services connecting parts of our global platform ecosystem that effect tens of millions of viewers, consumers and businesses that consume and love NBCUniversal’s content. And while you design, build and architect your career, we have the culture to make sure you’re supported.
Here you can work and still live your best life!
We’re leaders in our fields. We hire smart people and trust them to get the job done. We are never too busy to develop a fellow colleague. We understand our goals – or we ask. When we see something that needs doing – we do it. We make data-driven decisions. We fiercely believe in our talent and their growth. If you're ready to make an impact, here you can.
Why Work With Us
For us, it's more than just a work life. It's a daily passion. We take great pride in our legacy. We find fun in the challenge. We collaborate and inspire others. We're always creating, always solving and always ahead of competition.
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