Broadcast Network Engineer - Contract

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Posted Aug 18, 2016 - Requisition No. 53613

Bloomberg TV delivers business news, insights and analysis to more than 360 million homes worldwide - 24/7. We're looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join our Broadcast Engineering group on a consultancy basis. Depending on the program, this role would average about 10 days per month for the next 6 months to start. Working with our London-based team, you will contribute to the design and support of a leading edge Video over IP network and traditional network LAN. You will be experienced when it comes to working with routers, switches and firewalls.

We'll trust you to:

  • Analyse, advise, design and contribute on latest network architectures for new Video over IP designs
  • Be the point of escalation and troubleshoot 3rd line network issues in our mission critical environment
  • Handle installation and troubleshooting of Data Centre, WAN and LAN environments
  • Remain calm under the pressures of our live environment
  • Be a team player with a flexible and customer-focus

You need to have:

  • A thorough understanding of TCP/IP connection setup, teardown and trouble-shooting with sniffers
  • Switching and routing protocol experience with a least 2 of the following protocols: OSPF/BGP/MPLS/VRF/VXLAN
  • Experience in planning, installing, troubleshooting and managing network projects to strict time-scales with change control
  • In-depth knowledge of configurations using Arista / Cisco / Juniper / Nortel
  • Knowledge of zero touch provisioning / automation with tools such as ansible
  • Qualification such as Arista ACE, Cisco CCNA, CCIE, CCNP, Juniper JNCIA-M or equivalent
  • Strong communication skills

We'd love to see:

  • Experience of multicast deployments using IGMPv3/PIM/MVR
  • Timing protocols such as PTP, NTP, Black and Burst
  • Experience of working in a broadcast environment
  • An understanding of emerging Video over IP standards such as SMPTE2022-6,7 TR03,TR04, AES67

If this sounds like you:

Apply if you think we're a good match and we'll get in touch with you to let you know next steps but in the meantime, check out http://www.bloomberg.com/live/.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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