WORK OPTION: [[In-Office]]

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.  Built around five professional sports leagues:  the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2023-24 season featured a record 125 international players from 40 countries and territories.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms.  NBA Cares, the NBA's global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.

Position Summary:
The Broadcast Engineering Director will be responsible for the entire video encoding supply chain from acquisition to delivery and support core functions of the Game Distribution Center in Secaucus, NJ and remote productions (including cloud production) as it relates to production, transport and added-services workflows. The role requires management of multiple systems and workflows to support the growing needs of Direct-to-Consumer contents. This position requires a person who has a well-rounded knowledge of video broadcasting and streaming media standards, particularly IP equipment based on uncompressed/compressed video formats, and multicast networking including production switchers, routers, video processing hardware, tallies, GPIO control, timing and phasing, serial protocols and communication.

This individual will be part of the Systems Engineering & Support group and will work to support live event services, respond to problem tickets and escalations, complete and document thorough troubleshooting steps, escalate issues or situations as requested and/or required and will communicate with transparency and a clear passion for the Customer experience.

Major Responsibility:

Engineering lead for NBA Cloud projects regarding content creation and delivery.
Development of QC and monitoring tools in technical spaces at HQ (i.e. multiviewers, IP probes, video analyzers, etc.).
Provide advanced troubleshooting support for complex issues to ensure operational standards and uptime.
Support and troubleshooting of broadcast systems and IP based and network connected equipment such as production hybrid routers, multiviewers, IP codecs, and on-prem/cloud broadcast services.
Provide troubleshooting support when issues arise to support operational standards and uptime.
Support strategic initiatives to ensure we continuously improve and iterate on our infrastructure.
Develop metrics to measure quality and reliability of the broadcast infrastructure and troubleshoot and configure systems.
Mentor and train team members.
Interact / Support: Remote Arena Engineers, IT, Operations & Customers/Vendors.
Ability to work all shifts associated with 24x7x365 production environments including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

Experience with video broadcasting and streaming media standards, workflow, and technologies responsible for routing, switching, encoding, audio processing and distribution.
Experience with uncompressed and compressed video formats (SDI, SMPTE 2110, H.264, JPEG2000).
Familiarity with video synchronization techniques and systems (NTSC reference, SMPTE-12M timecode, PTP).
Experience in streaming technologies like RTSP, RTMP, SRT, and Transport over UDP/TCP, RTP, etc.
Understanding of video stream metadata, including triggers, timecode user bits, closed captioning, etc.
Experience in troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with a willingness to learn.
Experience in coordinating with vendors, testing and commissioning of systems and launching new signal flows.
Experience in reporting metrics and performance to identify areas of opportunity.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and creatively.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Engineering or related field
In lieu a college degree significant field experience will be considered
5 – 10 years of experience working at a national broadcaster, supporting 24/7 live broadcasts, live productions and Headends.

Salary Range: [[$155,000 - $170,000]]

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About the NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball.  Built around five professional sports leagues:  the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents.  NBA rosters at the start of the 2021-22 season featured a record 121 international players from 40 countries.  NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass.  The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms.  Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

Broadcast Engineering Director, Digital Media