Broadcast IP Delivery Engineer - 6 months FTC

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The OB Engineer provides technical engineering support for Sky Sports live productions across Graphics, Connectivity, Flyaway Systems, Contribution, and Event Delivery. This role is responsible for preparing, configuring, testing and supporting a wide range of broadcast and IP-based systems used at OBs for domestic/international events. 
 

The engineer ensures the reliability and performance of graphics systems, networked contribution workflows, flyaway kits, and timing/data integrations, enabling production teams to deliver high-quality live sports coverage. 

What you’ll do  

• Prepare, configure and test OB graphics systems including Viz Engines, Trio, Chyron Prime, Tetra, Paint and NDI/HTML5 workflows for live events. 

• Set up and manage connectivity and contribution systems such as Peplink, TVOB switches, Nimbra, Dante/AES67, Starlink, LiveU, Makito, and Appear encoders for venue-to-Sky signal delivery. 

• Build, stage and operate flyaway kits (VFA/MCRFA) including case builds, racks, network configs, device patching, and readiness checks for domestic and international OBs. 

• Deliver engineering support on-site at events, providing rig/derig assistance, troubleshooting, and ensuring systems operate reliably across football, rugby league, darts, golf, cricket, netball, motorsport, and more. 

• Integrate Sky systems into partner OB trucks installation of IP kit, VLAN setup, encoder frames and KVM endpoints. 

• Conduct workflow testing and QA, verifying new software versions, graphics pipelines, NDI/NDI Bridge behaviour, clocks/tally data flows, and end-to-end signal paths. 

• Provide engineering diagnostics and incident resolution, including KVM, encoder, clock, AR, graphics, IP switch or network gateway faults. 

• Maintain documentation, configuration records and security hygiene, including Windows builds, agent installs, security management and technical handovers. 
   

What you’ll bring: 
 

Essential criteria: 

• Demonstrated experience with contribution encoders/decoders and live media transport workflows, including technologies such as LiveU, Makito, Appear X20, HyperDeck, SRT, and RTMP. 

• Strong knowledge of IP networking within broadcast or live production environments, including areas such as VLANs, multicast networking, Dante/AES67, KVM-over-IP, and bonded connectivity solutions (e.g., Peplink). 

• Hands-on experience supporting live production, OB (Outside Broadcast), flyaway, studio, or remote production environments, including rigging, cabling, power management, network integration, and signal routing. 

• Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during live broadcasts or events, working effectively under time pressure to address connectivity, graphics, hardware, or workflow failures. 

• Experience maintaining technical documentation and configuration management, including change control, system builds, version control, and operational consistency. 

• Strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams, including Production, Graphics, MCR, Networks, Studios, and external broadcast partners. 

• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally and work in dynamic live-event environments. 
   

Desirable skills: 

• Experience with broadcast graphics systems such as Viz, Trio, Chyron Prime, Paint, AR/NCAM, or similar platforms. 

• Experience as a Broadcast Engineer, Graphics Engineer, IP Engineer, or Contribution Engineer with exposure to multidisciplinary broadcast workflows. 

• Experience working both in a technical facility environment and onsite at live events. 

Benefits and perks  

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:   

• Free NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema    

• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution 

• Private healthcare with mental health support  

• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance  

• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect   

• Sharesave and Tech schemes  

• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences   

How you’ll work  

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.