The role
We're evolving live production and playout operations across newsrooms, sports, and 24 / 7 channels by fusing traditional broadcast engineering with modern DevOps and cloud / SaaS operations. You'll be a hands‑on expert who can design, deploy, automate and support mission‑critical workflows, from studio to edge to cloud, with a relentless focus on uptime, performance and customer success. This role bridges broadcast engineering expertise with deep platform operations for AMPP.local deployments. You will support the Kubernetes-based control layer, its lifecycle, and its resilience. You'll ensure live news, sports, and playout workflows run flawlessly while maintaining the underlying infrastructure that powers them.
The role requires regular local travelling to our clients' sites.
What you'll do
Broadcast and Devops engineering (news, sport, playout)
- Implement, and support live news and sports production workflows (ingest, studio, replay, graphics, playout automation) across SDI and IP (SMPTE 2110 / 2022-6)
- Configure and troubleshoot playout systems , SCTE triggers, branding, captions, and loudness compliance
- Produce deployment documentation and operational runbooks for hybrid and on-prem AMPP environments
DevOps & Platform Ownership (AMPP.local)
You are the operator of the control plane and responsible for its health, security, and availability :Linux & OS-Level Responsibilities
Install and harden Linux OS (Ubuntu or equivalent) on control-plane and node systemsManage disk partitioning, LVM volumes, file systems, and log rotation to prevent disk saturationMaintain DNS, NTP, hostname configs, and secure SSH key-based access for automationKubernetes (K3s) Control Plane
Deploy and initialize the AMPP.local K3s cluster (control plane setup)Perform AMPP.local upgrades, including Kubernetes component updatesManage and rotate platform certificates to prevent expiration or security failuresMonitor and recover the etcd datastore ; maintain kubelet and containerd servicesRespond to pod crashes, failed scheduling, and manage persistent storage provisioningAdminister network policies, service routing, and RBAC for both Kubernetes and OS-level accountsTest failover between cluster nodes for high availabilityMonitoring & Observability
Operate and maintain the Prometheus / Grafana and Kibana stacks (provided but unsupported by GV)Ensure metrics collection, alerting, and log integration into broader observability pipelinesBackup & Recovery
Script and schedule full system backups using dump and LVM snapshotsSecurely offload backups and regularly test restoration procedures, including GRUB reinstall and partition recoverySecurity & Updates
Apply OS-level patching, rebuild initramfs, and reinstall bootloaders as neededEnforce secure separation of user accounts and access policiesAMPP Node Responsibilities
Maintain Linux OS and runtime environments on media-processing nodesMonitor CPU, disk, network, and temperature for low-latency, high-availability performanceTroubleshoot connectivity and system-level issuesWhat you'll bring
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skillsKubernetes (K3s) expertise : cluster lifecycle, etcd recovery, RBAC, persistent volumesFamiliarity with RabbitMQ , MongoDB , scripting (Bash, Python), and automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)Networking knowledge (Cisco) : multicast, QoS, VPN, routingBroadcast domain knowledge : newsroom workflows, sports live production, playout systemsQualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience5–8+ years in broadcast engineering and / or DevOps for live productionAbility to participate in on-call rotation and travel within APACSkills Required
Rabbitmq, Terraform, Ansible, Mongodb