Senior Broadcast Network Engineer: Live Sports IP Transport

FOX; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 114,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

FOX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our Network Engineering and Architecture team in Los Angeles, supporting high-profile live sports productions across FOX Sports.

As a member of the team, you will collaborate closely with FOX Sports' Engineering and Field Operations teams, designing, implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting network transmission systems that deliver mission-critical video, audio, and data signals from venues to broadcast and digital platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in broadcast transmission, network engineering, or live production.
• Strong IP networking concepts including BGP, OSPF, multicast, QoS, VLANs, STP.
• Experience with SMPTE ST 2110/2022 and cloud workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain transmission paths for live sports events using fiber, satellite, IP-based transport and bonded cellular.
• Coordinate and manage contribution and distribution workflows between venues, broadcast centers, and cloud environments.
• Provide real-time operational support for live broadcasts with rapid troubleshooting and escalation.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and vendors to ensure seamless signal delivery.
• Monitor performance, signal integrity, latency, and redundancy across all paths.
• Design failover and redundancy plans to ensure high availability during events.
• Support emerging cloud-based workflows and REMI remote production models.
• Document transmission infrastructure, signal flows, and SOPs.
• Participate in on-call rotation for nights, weekends, and major events.

Skills

IP networking concepts

BGP

OSPF

Multicast (PIM/IGMP)

SMPTE ST 2110/2022

Dante/AES67

Wireshark/tcpdump

Arista EOS

Tools

Wireshark

tcpdump

Arista EOS

Job description

FOX is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our Network Engineering and Architecture team in Los Angeles, supporting high-profile live sports productions across FOX Sports.

As a member of the team, you will collaborate closely with FOX Sports' Engineering and Field Operations teams, designing, implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting network transmission systems that deliver mission-critical video, audio, and data signals from venues to broadcast and digital platforms.