Broadcast Media IP Engineer

LE200 Starz Entertainment, LLC; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental

Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase

Work/Life Balance – generous sick days and vacation

401(k) company matching

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

LE200 Starz Entertainment, LLC is seeking a Broadcast Media IP Engineer in Greenwood Village, Colorado. This role is pivotal in implementing, operating, and optimizing IP-based media systems, ensuring reliable and low-latency workflows for live and linear content.

With responsibilities spanning from design and deployment to troubleshooting and system performance, the ideal candidate should have 5–8 years of relevant experience and a strong foundation in broadcast engineering and IP-based technologies.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in broadcast engineering, media workflows, or IP-based video environments.
• Proven experience supporting live video workflows across on‑site, cloud, and IP-based platforms.
• Strong knowledge of video codecs and formats (MPEG‑TS, H.264/H.265, AAC).
• Experience with IP-based media transport protocols (RTP, RTMP, SRT, Zixi, RIST).
• Hands‑on experience with media processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable media systems supporting live and linear workflows.
• Operate and optimize cloud-based media services.
• Manage ingest, encoding, processing, and transport workflows for live and linear content.
• Support playout systems to ensure reliability of service.
• Monitor system health, availability, and performance.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

IP-based video environments

Video codecs and formats

IP-based media transport protocols

Linux systems

Monitoring and observability tools

Tools

FFmpeg

AWS Elemental

Harmonic

CommScope

Job description

Job Description

The Broadcast Media IP Engineer is responsible for the implementation, operation, and optimization of IP-based media systems across cloud-native and traditional broadcast environments.

This role focuses on real-time video workflows and supports the end-to-end lifecycle of live and linear content—from ingest and processing through transport and playout—ensuring reliable, low‑latency, and high-quality execution. As an experienced individual contributor, this role operates with moderate autonomy, contributing to the design, deployment, and continuous improvement of scalable, IP‑centric media systems while collaborating with senior engineers and cross‑functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of scalable media systems. Contribute to the design and implementation of high-performance media systems supporting live and linear workflows across on‑site, cloud, and IP-based platforms.
• Operation and optimization of cloud-based media services. Operate and optimize cloud-based media services alongside broadcast playback infrastructure, automation systems, scheduling platforms, M&C, and metadata services.
• Ingest, encoding, and transport management. Own day‑to‑day ingest, encoding, processing, and transport workflows for live and linear content across IP-based environments.
• Playout support. Support playout systems and automation infrastructure to ensure continuity, synchronization, and reliability of service.
• Architecture and best‑practice implementation. Apply established architectures and best practices across media ingest, processing, and transport workflows.
• Performance tuning. Implement and tune encoding, processing, and transport configurations to improve system performance, latency, and reliability.
• Deployment and configuration. Deploy, configure, and support video processing systems—including encoders, transcoders, and processing services—across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Transport reliability. Ensure reliable, low‑latency transport of video streams across IP-based contribution and distribution networks over fiber, cloud, and IP infrastructure.
• Hybrid integration. Support integration between cloud-native media workflows and traditional broadcast systems, enabling interoperability across hybrid environments.
• Automation and APIs. Leverage APIs, messaging frameworks, and automation tools to improve workflow efficiency, repeatability, and operational scalability.
• Metadata-driven workflows. Contribute to automation and metadata-driven workflows supporting media lifecycle and system orchestration.
• Scalability and resiliency. Follow architectural standards and partner with senior engineers to improve system scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Monitoring and health. Monitor system health, availability, and performance across on-site, cloud, and IP-based broadcast environments.
• Signal integrity. Ensure signal integrity, timing accuracy, and consistent quality of service across IP transport and playout paths.
• Adaptive streaming. Support real-time media transport workflows and adaptive streaming processes where applicable.
• Encryption and protection. Assist in managing encryption and content protection mechanisms across IP-based systems.
• Issue resolution. Monitor transport streams, synchronization, and metadata, identifying and resolving issues impacting quality and reliability.
• Incident response. Respond to incidents, perform structured troubleshooting, and contribute to root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Cross-team collaboration. Collaborate with engineering, operations, and network teams to resolve issues impacting media workflows and system performance.
• Vendor support. Partner with vendors and partners to troubleshoot issues, validate integrations, and enhance platform capabilities.
• Compliance. Ensure adherence to broadcast standards, IP transport protocols, and content protection requirements.
• Documentation. Maintain accurate documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures for media systems.
• Continuous improvement. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in broadcast engineering, media workflows, or IP-based video environments.
• Proven experience supporting live video workflows across on‑site, cloud, and IP-based platforms.
• Strong knowledge of video codecs and formats (MPEG‑TS, H.264/H.265, AAC).
• Experience with IP-based media transport protocols (RTP, RTMP, SRT, Zixi, RIST).
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and workflows (HLS, MPEG‑DASH).
• Hands‑on experience with media processing systems (FFmpeg, AWS Elemental, Harmonic, CommScope or equivalent).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud-native media services.
• Proficiency with Linux systems and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools across distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with broadcast automation, playout, or master control systems.
• Familiarity with SCTE standards and IP-based signaling workflows.
• Exposure to containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of IP media transport architectures, including multicast and timing concepts.
• Experience supporting fiber/IP contribution and real-time media transport systems.

What Success Looks Like

• Reliable, low-latency execution of IP-based media workflows across cloud and broadcast systems.
• Rapid and effective troubleshooting of issues impacting live media workflows.
• Continuous improvements in system stability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Increased ownership of systems and meaningful contributions to platform automation and modernization.

Compensation

$100,000 - $120,000

Benefits

• Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
• Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase
• Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and wellness days
• 401(k) company matching
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

EEO Statement

Starz is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Starz will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Starz will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.