TV Maintenance Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full Time

102

Experienced

Title: TV Maintenance Engineer

Schedule Format - Location: On-site - San Francisco

Pay Information: Hourly Rate: $42.18 - $74.64

Position Summary:

The TV Maintenance Engineer role is responsible for the administration and maintenance of KQED’s television infrastructure as well as KQED Event AV[1] technology, server applications, hardware, and software. Duties include service support responsibilities and operations in the TV Engineering department, providing end-user, software & remote support for KQED staff across multiple departments.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work on-site in KQED's newly renovated headquarters.

The successful candidate will be required to join National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) Local 51.
Primary Functions:

Maintenance and support of KQED's television transmission, microwave, and program delivery infrastructure, ensuring reliable broadcast service and regulatory compliance.

Supports KQED TV Operations and Events AV end-user technology
Maintains software and hardware inventory and works with support vendors to ensure regular maintenance.
Primary support responder to technical issues in support of TV Production and TV Post-Production (2110-based systems)
Primary support responder to technical issues related to KQED Events AV technology (traditional baseband systems) in primary and/or secondary events spaces

Essential Functions and Other Job Duties:

Uses a complete documentation suite that includes Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, Google Sheets and Google Docs documents, Visio drawings and AutoCAD drawings.
Ability to execute support access procedures (phone call vs. email vs trouble ticket, etc.) for KQED TV Engineering major equipment vendors with a sense of urgency.
Works closely with IT Support to determine connectivity in and out of the TV Engineering network to the internet and to the main IT network.
Using Zoom, Teamviewer, MS Teams, Slack or other remote tools to observe remote computers, help end-users at KQED and to host support vendors.
Support ticketing, tracking and inventory tools, including Jira Attlasian trouble tickets and Solarwinds Network monitoring.
Troubleshoot problems with tools including off-air loggers, Streamscope ATSC analyzer, TSReader Pro and Wireshark.
Use Putty, PowerShell and other command-line tools to access equipment, including network switches.
Carry out network checks and minor configuration changes independently of the IT department.
Updates the technical ‘how to’ articles in KQED’s “Confluence” Knowledge-base and any future collaborative or informative staff resources.
Ability to communicate at an end-user level regarding graphics, camera robotics, virtual sets, studio cameras, NRCS (iNews), ingest and playout servers for production.
Work with the TV Production and Digital Post-Production PAM/MAM systems to understand the end-user workflows, as well as interfaces to MOS gateways, video transcode engines, NAS/SAN storage arrays, etc.

Knowledge/Experience Required:

5+ years in a TV Engineering or IT Technical Support role
Proven administration knowledge in Windows operating systems
Familiarity with the basics of command-line in Linux operating systems, using “Putty” or similar terminal software
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
Basic networking troubleshooting skills.
Detail-oriented, thorough & organized. Understands importance of controlling connections to the internet from Engineering computers.
Very strong technical aptitude to learn technology quickly and apply learned principles to other situations
Strong written and verbal communication skills and solid analytical skills.
Ability to interact within groups and capable of leading minor group activities.
Service oriented and motivated to provide an exceptional customer experience.

Knowledge/Experience Desired

Hands-on knowledge of AES67 audio and SMPTE-2110 video
Working knowledge of Avid iNews
Working knowledge of MAM, PAM, and other workflow orchestration tools
Working knowledge of Cisco and/or Arista switches and routers
Working knowledge of OpenDrive, Synology, Avid Nexis and other high-performance storage platforms
Experience with Cisco IOS and the ability to work with VLAN and other settings
Ability to create technical workflows in Telestream Vantage as well as other workflow orchestration platforms and appliances
Experience with Adobe software applications - particularly Adobe Premiere, Acrobat Reader and Acrobat DC
Proven administration knowledge of Mac OS operating systems
An awareness and willingness to follow security guidelines for administrator-level access to servers

[1] “Events AV” involves four high-end Audio-Visual rooms at KQED, including a theater with Crestron automation, lighting, video switcher, audio mixing and live streaming

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