Media, Broadcast & Content
Systems Engineer II - Post Production
Mid Level
London, United Kingdom
hybrid
Full time
Job description
About the Role
As part of the M2P Engineering team, the role provides Tier 2 support and engineering expertise for MAM and post-production platforms within a virtualised hybrid on-premises and cloud environment. It supports WBD Sports, whose channels have undergone a technology transformation to a hybrid architecture across European countries, with London and Paris teams managing engineering and support around two playout centres and all European markets from Eurosport. The role sits within a dynamic, international team at the heart of sports channel broadcast in 22 languages.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Tier 2 support and engineering expertise for MAM and post-production platforms in a virtualised hybrid on-premises and cloud environment.
- Manage tickets escalated from Level 0 and Level 1 support teams, and follow up on day-to-day platform updates with Tier 1 support.
- Coordinate incident and problem follow-up with internal and external teams.
- Plan maintenance activities and coordinate upgrade phases and reboot actions.
- Monitor the platform's health and performance, and monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to ensure systems remain efficient, scalable and aligned with business growth.
- Manage short-term engineering projects and collaborate with the Tier 3 engineering team.
- Gather workflow requirements from WBD Sports, TNT Sports and Eurosport offices.
- Produce workflow, project and engineering documentation.
- Design centralised workflows across MAM and post-production platforms.
- Support users through change management and new project implementation.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Degree in Technology, Engineering, Broadcast, or a related field.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Broadcast Technology in a support or engineering role.
- Experience in Sports, News, Production and Documentary environments.
- Experience with MAM and Post-Production tools.
- Extensive Broadcast technical background, including IP video 2110, AES67, NMOS, and video and audio formats and codecs.
- Good understanding of IT technologies and the associated challenges, including network, virtualisation, storage, cloud services and security.
- Strong communication skills.
- Adaptability to work in a fast-paced and continuously changing environment.
- Ability to perform effectively under pressure, particularly when supporting production teams during live events.
- Self-motivated and collaborative team player with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality customer service.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Skills
- French language skills.
- Basic scripting and development skills.
- Knowledge of AWS services.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture.
Workplace
- Hybrid working model combining remote and in-office work, following current company policy and to be agreed with the line manager.
- The company reserves the right to change this working agreement where essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice.
- Work on shift, including evenings and weekends.
- Night work may be required depending on live events.
- On-call rotation.
- Minimal travel expected.
Create your account to access job details
Unlock full job descriptions, apply in seconds, and get access to roles matched to your experience and interests.



