Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Playout
Core
Engineering, operations, support, deployment, and maintenance of core Distribution Engineering Playout systems for IP video distribution, both on-premises and cloud.
Role type
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Playout)
Builds
Automated infrastructure provisioning, cloud deployment pipelines, and reliable playout software for NBCU's IP video distribution environment.
Domain
Media & Entertainment / Broadcast Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
IP video and streaming technologies, enterprise configuration management (Ansible, Terraform), cloud services architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure), networking, containerization & Kubernetes, CI/CD practices, Linux administration, scripting (Python, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, Bash), automation mindset.
Preferred skills
DevSecOps principles, monitoring/logging tools, UI design based on client workflows.
Technologies
Ansible, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling, Linux, Python, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, Bash.
Responsibilities
Develop automated methods to provision, upgrade, and monitor Distribution Engineering infrastructure; drive product release cycles and deploy code to integration, staging, and production environments; identify single points of failure and propose scalable solutions; mentor SREs on DevOps practices; interact with automated monitoring infrastructure to ensure healthy environments; create new metrics to improve site reliability; evaluate new software releases for reliability and integration; drive investigations into Broadcast issues and report findings to leadership.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC