Senior Broadcast Support Engineer
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About the Position
Senior Broadcast Support Engineer
Join DAZN in Leeds and be part of a global sports streaming leader that's transforming how fans experience live events. Our Leeds tech hub is a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation thrives and your ideas truly matter. You'll work with the latest broadcast and OTT technologies, solving real-world challenges that impact millions of viewers worldwide. Whether you're an engineer, developer, or operations expert, you'll find opportunities to grow, learn, and make a difference. At DAZN, we value teamwork, creativity, and passion for sport - all in a modern, vibrant office in the heart of a dynamic city.
Please note: This is a shift-based role that is primarily office-based, with shifts scheduled to support operational requirements.
Responsibilities
- Champion best practices in broadcast technologies to ensure high-quality content delivery
- Support engineering and operations teams to maintain exceptional broadcast standards
- Monitor and manage IP channel outputs and the underlying infrastructure
- Oversee routing and configuration of Transport Streams (TS) over IP circuits
- Develop and maintain preventative maintenance schedules for transmission equipment
- Adhere to and improve internal and external ticketing procedures
- Collaborate with live engineering and network teams on system enhancements and future projects
- Investigate and resolve faults, driving continual service improvement
- Act as the primary technical escalation point within the facility
- Ensure accurate and up-to-date technical documentation is created and maintained
- Lead process and workflow improvements to meet evolving business needs
- Attend internal and external meetings to support system and process optimization
- Liaise with ingest, MCR, and other engineering teams to maintain signal continuity
Requirements
- Broadcast playout systems including GFX, logo and text insertion.
- Broadcast contribution encoding techniques and high-level fault analysis.
- Experience in management of IP Transport Stream contribution (Multicast, Unicast Networks)
- Awareness of current OTT encoding technologies.
- Networking and Routing.
- Satellite Communications and Digital Video Compression.
- Stream Analysis tools.
- Solid background in satellite and fibre contribution signals
- Broadcast production facility glue infrastructure.
- Working under pressure to resolve issues during live broadcast
We Offer
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
About the Company
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
**DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO: **
- Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.
- Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.
- Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Sports Entertainment
About the Company DAZN is a global company dedicated to transforming the way the world consumes sports entertainment. They focus on bringing fans closer to their passion through the best technologies available. The company operates as a global community where every opinion and idea can make a difference, emphasizing team spirit and collective ambition to achieve what others might consider impossible. Products, Services & Tech Stack Core Solutions Sports Streaming: DAZN provides streaming services for various sports events, bringing them directly to fans. Technologies & Frameworks Platforms: The company utilizes various platforms to deliver its services, although specific platforms are not detailed in the provided information. Project Scope & Target Clients Client Base Global Sports Fans: DAZN serves a wide range of sports fans globally, providing them with access to live sports events. Engineering Scale Global Operations: DAZN operates on a global scale, with teams and projects spanning multiple countries including the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Germany, the United States, Italy, Spain, Israel, and more. The engineering projects vary in scope and complexity, reflecting the company's global presence and diverse operational needs.