Distribution Engineer

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Corporation

Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Fox Tech, we stand as a beacon of innovation, crafting world-class, large scale digital products that redefine the entertainment experience. We're on the lookout for visionary individuals to join our pioneering team, tasked with shaping the future of streaming products. Now is your chance to be part of creating and delivering extraordinary digital experiences spanning Sports and Entertainment.

As a key member of our team, you'll drive innovation and significantly contribute to our mission of pioneering the next generation of streaming products. Your opportunity to create unparalleled fan experiences for these iconic sports events is here. Our current advanced digital solutions, accessed by millions across web, mobile, and living room devices, signify just the start of our ambitious journey.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Distribution Engineer to join our team and assist in ingesting, processing, and distributing all networks wholly or partially owned by Tubi Media Group and its Joint Venture partners.

An ideal candidate will be someone who can collaborate and build relationships with various internal FOX teams, clients, and vendors as well as with engineering and product support staff from our JV partners. With your strong familiarity and experience with broadcasting and/or cable infrastructure, you will have the opportunity to provide support functions including problem determination and resolution, technical solution development, policies, procedures, and processes governing the use of the FOX and JV distribution architectures.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support to Engineering and Operations teams as well as other groups to troubleshoot issues in the distribution chain internally

• Help design, implement and support DAI for the FOX eco-systems to support linear and event-based programming. 

• Participate in the support and ongoing maintenance of standards and policies

• Identify, resolve and escalate business issues as appropriate

• Project ownership responsibilities include gathering requirements from diverse business units, documenting the proper design, and following through to project completion.

• Provide input in the design and rollout of new distribution architectures for broadcast, cable, and streaming

• Next-generation OTT, TVE, 5G, and IPTV metadata standards

• Support Business Development and Operations teams for new launches

• Provide input in the design and rollout of new distribution architectures for broadcast, cable, and streaming applications for FOX and our JV partners

• Maintain and develop monitoring dashboards using Splunk and LTN Visual Metadata Analyzer, Telestream IQ products, and monitoring tools

• Use of web tool skillsets (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL databases) to assist with monitoring and alerting efforts

• Provide remote support of the HEVC software-defined platforms cable (v)MVPDs and the 209 FOX broadcast affiliates

• Be an integral team member for the life cycle of projects from development, implementation, monitoring and maintenance

• Provide training on distribution projects with the operations and other FOX teams as needed and develop and maintain training and workflow documents and diagrams.

• Lead projects requested by the team

• Keep abreast of industry initiatives through trade publications, webinars, and other sources

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or equivalent

• Direct experience at a broadcast affiliate or large MVPD or equivalent military experience

• Hands-on experience with test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, transport stream analyzers, etc

• MS Word/Excel/Outlook/Coding/Linux/macOS/test tools like WireShark

• The position requires in-depth engineering knowledge of streaming protocols to include but not limited to SRT, Zixi, RIST, RTP+FEC

• Knowledge of SCTE 35, 104, and 224 messages and commands, Next-generation OTT, TVE, 5G, and IPTV metadata standards

• Ability to troubleshoot and identify potential technical issues throughout the distribution architecture

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Must be able to handle problems independently to resolution

• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with short timelines and to maintain a professional and courteous manner in difficult situations

• Perform and participate in a team-oriented environment

• Excellent customer service skills and demeanor, communications, and interpersonal skills

• Must be able to lift fifty pounds

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Knowledge of cloud computing a plus

• Photoshop, After Effect, Illustrator skillsets a plus

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