Schedule:
• Weeks 1–4: 10-hour days, business hours |
• Weeks 5–6: Extended days up to 14 hours, including evenings and weekend work
Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in online broadcast / live streaming operations at organizations that regularly deliver to >5 million concurrent viewers internationally
• Deep, expert-level command of HLS, including advanced manifest manipulation, multi-variant playlist generation, and adaptive bitrate (ABR) optimization
• Proven, recent operational experience with both on-premises and cloud-based encoding systems. On-prem AWS Elemental experience is critical
• Understanding of CDN behavior as it relates to encoding and packaging output, including packaging, downstream caching, origin configuration and ingest design.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and operating real-time stream health monitoring systems — dashboards, telemetry, alerting across HLS manifest health, segment availability, bitrate laddering, and viewer QoE metrics
• Verifiable track record of designing and executing encoder failover and redundancy validation procedures at scale
• Experience authoring run-of-show documentation, incident logs, and post-event technical reports
• Fluency executing in high-pressure, zero-fail live broadcast environments — candidates must be able to cite specific comparable engagements
Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of accessibility and subtitle formats: WebVTT, TTML, CEA-608/708
• Familiarity with audio broadcast standards including Dolby Atmos and multi-channel formats
• Comfort coordinating with international partners across varying technical levels
What You'll Do:
Pre-Event (Weeks 1–5):
• Review existing transmission workflows and failsafe plans; identify risks and recommend updates
• Validate all redundancy, failover, and backup procedures
• Review, update, and test existing encoding configuration files and their execution
• Prepare a detailed run-of-show checklist
• Participate in all pre-show tests and platform validations
• Assist with content QC to confirm proper asset delivery through all transmission pipelines
During the Event (Week 5/6):
• Operate HLS encoders for looping test cycles, platform tests, rehearsals, and the live show
• Continuously monitor the full signal path from Encoder to CDN boundary
• Verify quality and health of encoding, delivery, and encoders in real time
• Validate player output and behavior across multiple platforms
• Serve as Point of Contact for the CDN team
• Execute failover procedures as needed; provide real-time technical guidance
• Manage state changes to the .com player
• Perform test encodes and segment preparation for VOD
• Maintain live incident logs throughout the broadcast
• Assist with HLS VOD upload to CDN
Post-Event (Week 6):
• Deliver a technical debrief and report documenting lessons learned
• Restore all media and resources to archival locations
• Complete all required documentation to GitHub and NAS
• Perform any post-event asset corrections, including re-encodes or content replacement
About This Engagement:
• Client's Worldwide Events and Experiences team is seeking an elite-level contract Encoding Engineer to support a high-profile global live broadcast.
• This is a zero-tolerance-for-failure environment delivering to multi-million concurrent viewers worldwide.
• We need someone who has been in this seat before — not someone learning on the job.
• This is a highly focused, operationally intensive, 6-week engagement. The right candidate arrives ready to execute from day one, thrives in high-stakes broadcast environments, and holds themselves to the same bar we hold this event: extraordinary.
- **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
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