NBC Universal Director of Engineering Stamford, Connecticut
We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Director of Engineering is a senior technical leader for Stamford Studios and is responsible for managing the strategic direction and day-to-day oversight of the development and operation of Studios, Post and Digital Operations and all related systems.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for long-term and short-term planning.
- Manage the Operational and Facility Technical Budgets for Syndication Studios shows and clients.
- Build/maintain a strong engineering support team of full-time and freelance employees.
- Provide regular employee feedback and performance reviews.
- Develop partnerships across NBCU engineering teams with cross-facility support and engagement.
- Work with leadership team from each production to ensure business objectives are met.
- Assume leadership responsibility for the technical performance of Studios, Control Rooms, and associated systems.
- Develop processes to ensure all systems have proper disaster recovery and resiliency.
- Manage the support operational environment, including both remote on-call and onsite technical support teams.
- Lead the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of all supported technology platforms.
- Ensure around-the-clock technical support and maintain complex broadcast production environments.
- Monitor and oversee operational readiness of current facilities.
- Lead the coordination of activities of teams involved in the maintenance, support, deployment, and configuration of broadcast equipment.
Facility Technical Upgrades and Strategy
- Collaborate closely with Production Operations senior management to assess the facility’s ability to provide service.
- Lead corporate driven enterprise initiatives and align strategies across all NBCU production locations.
- Oversee ongoing projects, including budgets, timelines, design and integration.
Client Management
- Interface directly with senior client leadership on all projects.
- Ensure effective timeline tracking, priority management and scheduling.
- Guide the engineering team in capturing technical requirements and providing solutions.
Monitoring and Security
- Collaborate closely with the NBCU cyber security team to guide the Production Engineering team.
- Champion the build out of enterprise-wide monitoring systems.
Required Technical Skillsets:
- Post systems design, integration, and support.
- Post-production workflows and operational processes.
- Enterprise file storage and virtual computing.
- Understanding of IP networking and IP media standards.
- Broadcast and IT cabling standards.
- Understanding of codecs and file formats.
- Experience with Avid and Adobe products.
- Cisco Networking experience.
Requirements:
- Strong customer service skills and professionalism.
- Close collaboration with both third-party clients and peers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a relevant field.
- Minimum twelve (12) years’ experience preferred in a technical role.
- 7+ years of management experience.
- Must be willing to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees.
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