Broadcast Playout Engineer

Warner Bros. Discovery Job Opportunity

Bienvenue chez Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of. When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next.

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

M2P (Playout, Mam, and Postproduction) engineering and support level 2 on the Eurosport Europe playout platforms in a hybrid on-premise and cloud environment.

Support:

• Support Level 2
• Management of tickets escalated by support level 0/1
• Monitoring incidents and problems with different teams
• Transmission of information, daily platform evolutions with support level 1
• Management of maintenance plans
• Coordination of maintenance and upgrade phases
• In charge of the global health of the 7 platforms Dev, QA, Staging, and Production

Engineering:

• Management of short-term projects
• Close relationship with level 3 for projects
• Collection of user needs and support level 1
• Writing of support, project, and engineering documents
• Monitoring of tool development evolutions

Coordination with other Audiovisuel and IT departments for the integration part

Helping users for new projects and in change management

Profile and desired skills:

• BTS Audiovisuel
• French and English written and spoken, used as working languages
• Good communication skills
• Quick adaptation to change
• Stress management during major sporting events
• Autonomous, force of proposal with a client service view
• Great capacity to solve incidents and analytical spirit
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a maintenance and/or engineering position
• Experience in sports, news, production, and documentary environments
• Experience in playout environments
• Solid understanding of broadcast formats (video IP 2110, AES67, NMOS, video and audio format and codec…)
• Good understanding of IT environments and its challenges (network, security, virtualization, storage, cloud…)
• Good analysis of incidents and log readings
• Openness to constant technological evolutions

Additionally desired:

• Basic development/scripting practice
• AWS knowledge
• Basic understanding of micro-services

Bon à savoir:

• Work on a schedule in the evening until midnight and on weekends. Some nights are expected for certain productions in the year but not part of the permanent cycle
• On-call telephone duty outside scheduled hours for emergencies reported by support level 1
• Location: Issy les Moulineaux (near Paris)
• Possible teleworking days according to schedule
• Expect some occasional travel

At WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.