Senior Technical Engineer, Production Services

This is a Full Time Job

In This Role You'll:

Paramount’s Production Services organization is hiring a Senior Technical Engineer focusing on editorial support. This role falls under the Production Technology & Operations organization.

You will report to the Senior Director of Production Services and work closely with your teammates in support all CBS Media Ventures productions.

This position is an in-office position based in New York City which may also require working late or on weekends and public holidays to perform essential routine maintenance outside of normal business hours

Responsibilities Include:

• Support media systems mainly focused on Avid Interplay PAM, Avid Nexis shared storage, INEWS newsroom automation, Avid MediaCentral Cloud UX, Avid Stream IO and Avid Media Composer in an Interplay PAM environment.

• Support other production systems including on-air graphics, teleprompter, transcoding farms, LiveU, Aspera, NLTek and QNAP.

Basic Qualifications
You Bring:

• Avid ACSR certification or 5 years supporting an Avid based post-production facility

• 5 years’ experience as a senior-level engineer/technician of IT systems involving post-production systems, focused on Avid

• Understanding of networking environments in a corporate environment and how it interacts with video broadcast systems, and post-production digital asset management systems.

• Expert understanding of interaction between all core systems essential to a post-production facility.

• Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Server and Desktop Operating Systems.

• Ability to analyze project requirements, draft project plans, milestones and delivery schedules.

• Understanding of security as it relates to data, infrastructure, and physical environment. Ability to read architectural drawings, electrical plans and facilities plans.

Bonus Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff.

• Excellent customer service with a positive and proactive mentality

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

What We Offer:
• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages.
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount