Sr Post Workflow Automation Architect

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

The Senior Post Workflow Automation Architect is responsible for helping design solutions in our post-production automation platform. The ideal candidate will gather requirements from both production and engineering clients and translate into development projects. The candidate will also have a deep understanding of the existing software and hardware infrastructure to determine best approaches to the clients’ needs. The ideal candidate will be the technical lead for the custom-built automation platform.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of automated solutions for NBCU Post Production.
• Along with the Workflow Engineering team, work with clients to gather requirements for their automation needs.
• Understand full end-to-end infrastructure (software and hardware) to drive these solutions.
• Direct clients to existing solutions as appropriate.
• Architect new solutions from a software and infrastructure perspective.
• Open tickets with development team – providing the guidance needed to meet the client requirements.
• Work with L3 team to create and enhance necessary non-software infrastructure as needed.
• Work with third party vendors regarding their automation methodologies (API’s).
• Assist with QA of development projects.
• Document new features as they are released.
• Collaborate with support teams as needed.
• With the Automation Engineering team, help maintain internal GitHub repository.
• Provide internal L3 support for issues as necessary.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 6+ years experience in DevOps engineering .
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with working with clients to gather project requirements.
• Ability to translate client speak and engineering speak in both directions.
• Experience with understanding third-party and internal REST APIs.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure as it pertains to automating file/asset movement.
• Experience with creating solutions in Windows and Linux.
• Experience with code management in Github.
• Extensive experience with the software build process.
• Experience working in agile/scrum environment
• Experience in the Media and Entertainment space, including but not limited to film and broadcast.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with post-production tools, such as Avid and Adobe.
• Experience with asset management systems (Production Asset Management and Media Asset Management)
• Experience with media-based automation tools, such as Telestream Vantage
• Knowledge of cloud automation tools, using both Microsoft Azure and AWS
• Experience with programming languages (such JavaScript, Python, C#) and related frameworks (such as NodeJS)
• Proficient in scripting and automation using tools like PowerShell
• Strong interpersonal skills and adept at building relationships with all technical and operational areas across NBCU

Additional Requirements:

• Fully