Job Description

Tennis Channel is seeking an experienced Broadcast Engineer. Our Broadcast Engineer services and maintains our SMPTE 2110 broadcast and streaming facility. The Broadcast Engineer is an experienced television engineer who supports live studio productions, all post production workflows, streaming platforms, and infrastructure upgrades. This individual installs and maintains video, audio, and other equipment associated with television broadcasting and streaming. The engineer plays an important role in the network's ability to distribute over 2000 hours of live sports from around the world.

Must be willing to cover a variety of shifts, including early morning, overnights, weekends, holidays, and swing shifts.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Performs preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on a large variety of computer and electronic devices in-house or at remote locations; including but not limited to video, audio, switching equipment, processing and monitoring equipment, HD cameras, Fiber/copper encoding, decoding and streaming equipment.
• Maintains broadcast IP equipment software, hardware, and local area network applications on systems throughout the facility
• Trains and mentors Engineering team on Avid, and automation for both Production Control rooms, master control, transmission, and digital operations center.
• Responds to trouble calls with broadcast or computer equipment (sometimes after normal business hours).
• Keeps software versions up to date, ensures software license compliance and follows all corporate directives for IT security.
• Demonstrates consistently a high standard of Engineering practices including observes OSHA safety rules, installs new equipment using CAD drawings and elevations, intuitive cable management and labeling, submits updates to Engineering documentation, and creates user SOP's.
• Assists and advises in planning of future equipment installations, requirements, and budgetary recommendations.
• Maintains flexible hours during live Tennis tournaments throughout the year
• Travels to different remote locations throughout the year to support our remote productions as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in broadcast television
• Strong leadership and exceptional communication skills
• 21st century skill set, a great team-oriented attitude and a dedication to quality
• Demonstrated knowledge of workflows relating to computer based editing systems, including media archiving and storage relating to AVID, EVS, and the cloud
• Strong technical support with AVID, automation systems experience in Production control rooms, Master Control, Transmission, and streaming
• Experience installing and upgrading SMPTE 2110 Broadcast equipment to improve workflows
• Must be willing to cover a variety of shifts, including early morning, nights, weekends, holidays, and swing shifts

Tennis Channel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.

About Sinclair

Make your mark in Media with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a diversified media company dedicated to connecting people with content everywhere! We have consistently led the broadcast industry since our inception, and now Sinclair owns the largest regional sports network business and one of the largest television broadcast portfolios in the country. Also, we have affiliations with all of the major broadcast networks, our own Tennis Channel, and several multicast networks including TBD and Comet. Our content is distributed over-the-air, on multi-video providers, and through our industry-leading digital media platforms. Our success is the direct result of our extraordinary employees and management team who believe in our vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees. We are advancing the world of Media and want YOU to join our winning team!

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $98,000 to $150,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates' relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.

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