Senior Media Engineer

MBC Group

UAE

Ref: LP104-244

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Responsibilities & Activities:
• Monitor and analyze the quality of video delivery and enhance the video delivery based on the collected data.
• Plan, design, and evaluate video encoding algorithms, parameters, and streaming protocols used in MBC digital video library.
• Optimize video caching strategies to guarantee the best video delivery performance to the end user.
• Maintain security and DRM policy on our videos and enhance all aspects of video security.
• Automate encoding and video delivery workflows.
• Troubleshoot and solve any issues related to video delivery or video preparation for streaming.
• Keep up with emerging technologies, new products applications, and trends within the digital media industry.

Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience:
• Minimum 6+ years experience in related field.
• Experience in DevOps (Preferably AWS), video streaming and encoding environment.
• Bachelor's degree in a computer science or any related field.
• Knowledge of video streaming protocols and TCP/IP networks.
• Knowledge of caching, and caching optimization of different workloads.
• Knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language, preferably python.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Working experience with Scrum or similar agile methodologies.
• Proactive, creative problem-solving skills and able to work self-directed.
• Experience with AWS serverless architecture services.
• Working experience with high impact and critical systems.
• Experience in writing clean code in accordance with best practices.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Nice to have:
• Ability to work on a heterogeneous environment including Linux and Windows servers.
• Experience in CDN networks.
• Passion to learn new technologies relayed to Video and Media (Encoding, Compression,
Video Codec, DRM/Security).

About the Company

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.

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