Content Systems Engineer

Position Overview

This technology team is part of the ABC Owned Television (ABC OTV) group within the Disney Entertainment division. ABC Owned Television Stations is seeking a strong candidate for the role of Content Systems Engineer. In this full-time role, you will be hands on, designing, implementing, and supporting mission-critical media systems used across various departments, primarily in media production. Our organization values high quality standards, employee growth, innovation, and a healthy work-life balance, supported by competitive compensation and benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• Design mission-critical media systems for efficient media production.
• Implement and support media systems across various enterprise departments.
• Collaborate with production teams to ensure reliable and scalable technical solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Broadcast Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5 years of broadcast/post production engineering experience.
• Advanced knowledge of media workflow and orchestration systems such as Telestream Vantage, IBM Aspera, Dalet Galaxy, etc.
• Intermediate knowledge of Python, PowerShell, or other programming languages.
• Knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, and AWS media services).
• Experience with on-premises virtualization and storage solutions (e.g., VMware, NetApp Storage, Dell EMC Isilon).
• Familiarity with broadcast hardware, including encoders, decoders, and video routers.
• Understanding of live video transport protocols (SRT, RTMP, RTSP, NDI, etc.).
• Familiarity with post production workflows including transcoding, archiving, non-linear editing, VFX, and motion graphics software (Adobe Creative Suite, Maxon CINEMA 4D, DaVinci Resolve, etc.).
• Excellent organization and communication skills with the ability to multitask and adapt to changing requirements.
• Ability to work early mornings, late nights, holidays, and weekends as needed for outages or maintenance, and participate in on-call rotations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: Competitive base pay with regional salary ranges; for example, Philadelphia, PA: $100,100 to $134,200; San Francisco, CA: $104,600 to $140,200; Burbank, CA and Chicago, IL: $95,500 to $128,000; Houston, TX and Durham, NC: $91,000 to $121,900. Actual offers take internal equity, experience, and location factors into account. Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may also be part of the package.
• Benefits: Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits designed to support your overall well-being.