Company Description

NBCU Local is reimagining storytelling for the next generation of local news watchers, delivering local content to English and Spanish-speaking audiences in 31 U.S. TV markets and Puerto Rico. We are comprised of NBC Owned Television Stations, NBC Sports Regional Networks and Telemundo Station Group – plus multicast networks COZI TV and TeleXitos, regional cable news network NECN, and 16 free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels – including 11 NBC local news, four Telemundo regional news channels.  

The NBCU Local Technology & Operations organization provides the Technology & Workflow Solutions, Support, Media Operations, Production, Studio and Facilities services that power NBCU Local content creation and distribution. 

Job Description

We are looking for an Associate Systems Engineer to join the Technology team in [Hartford], supporting [NBC Connecticut]. As an Associate Systems Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for assisting with the implementation and support of technology and users within our mission critical, media production and enterprise IT environment. If you love a challenge, enjoy working with people, and want to make a positive impact while building your career as part of a high performing team working at the leading edge of media technology, you could be the perfect match for our team. 

Job Responsibilities: 

Support the administration of media production applications, systems and infrastructure, ensuring reliability of technology and operations. Be able to read and understand system documentation for operational and troubleshooting purposes. Provide technical support, incident response, and customer communication. Ensure compliance with NBCUniversal cyber security policies and standards. All other duties as assigned. Required onsite. This position is required to be performed full time onsite from an NBCUniversal designated work site. 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

Minimum 1 year relevant experience. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, radio, television & film, related fields or equivalent experience. 

Skills & Experience we are looking for: 

End user technical support.  Support of live event production operations. Exposure to and basic understanding of various media technologies including SDI or NDI video infrastructures, contribution & distribution encoding, live production systems, news gathering tools, NRCS, NLE, media asset management, and transmission systems. Solid IT fundamentals including administration of physical / virtualized / cloud compute & storage, networking, domain & identity management. History of contributing to projects resulting in satisfied stakeholders. 

Eligibility Requirements: 

Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered Must be willing to work in [West Hartford, CT] Willingness to travel and work outside standard hours, and on weekends with short notice Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States Must be 18 years or older Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program 

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].