Broadcast Technician
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44965Duration4 MonthsStart DateASAPLocationdenver , COJob Summary The Streaming, Broadcast, and Advertising (SB&A) Broadcast Engineering team delivers solutions that power on-air products across the media and television space. This role focuses on linear channel origination, channel aggregation and delivery, and media/file movement, spanning both on-premises and cloud, software-defined video networking environments. The Technician will execute day-to-day design, build, and deployment tasks within established broadcast environments, working under direction from senior engineering leads, and will serve as a hands-on operational resource to minimize customer outages through close collaboration across teams. Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain broadcast environments across baseband (SDI) and IP video, contribution/distribution workflows, encoding/decoding, monitoring, and timing systems.
- Participate in mission-critical, 24x7 broadcast operations — performing real-time troubleshooting and escalating complex issues to senior engineering as needed.
- Execute assigned build and deployment tasks in line with established designs and standards set by senior engineering leads.
- Follow and help refine existing runbooks and operational procedures.
- Create and maintain documentation on hardware, applications, and workflows.
- Accept on-call rotation duties, supporting the team via phone, Teams, or email.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve issues and integrate projects into daily operations.
- Track operational data/metrics, identify problem areas, and provide actionable insight. Required Technical Skills
- Broadcast Specs (signal flow, broadcast standards, and terminology)
- Broadcast
- Transport Stream / Multicast
- Broadcast
- Video/Audio Monitoring
- Broadcast
- Video Routing
- Baseband (SDI) fluency with working knowledge of IP video (SMPTE ST 2110 awareness a plus, not required
- Evertz experience a plus (vendor-trainable); fluency with comparable platforms such as Grass Valley, Imagine, or Harris is acceptable. Preferred Skills
- Working knowledge of Techex (for SRT) or Zixi is a plus.
- Familiarity with broadcast automation and Media Asset Management (MAM) concepts; deep platform expertise not required. Qualifications
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in broadcast operations or technical/engineering operations.
- Solid grounding in core broadcast fundamentals: transport stream, multicast, video routing, and monitoring.
- Working knowledge of Windows and Linux OS and TCP/IP protocols.
- Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.
Strong customer focus with the ability to develop solutions through root-cause analysis
Pay:
$30.38
77 per hour Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week
Work Location:
In person