Engineer, Live Presentation & Playout, Broadcast Operations

WHY JOIN US?

• We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.
• We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.
• Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

“ It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable. ”

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and operate broadcast automation systems for 24 hours transmission of ASTRO local & regional Playout TV channels and live events, recover systems under failure conditions and returning the station to stable operation
• Accountable for the 99.9% of all Local as well as Regional Playout channels service availability with minimal operational error throughout the 12 hours flexible shift duty.
• Monitor and perform Live/ Playout service recovery and BCP whenever required not limited to system related downtime but also during planned / unplanned maintenance activities which impacts the operation.
• Ensure playlists are received without discrepancy from all Playout channels schedulers / planners for current day as well as future transmission.
• Execution of secondary events (graphic animation, crawler etc) trigerring when required.
• Execute manual program / content changes, epg updates for both Playout & Regional business channel during none office hours .e.g repeat of live events, ad hoc changes made basis when required.
• Provide shift operation related data and information for daily operations as well as periodic data analysis report.
• Assist Senior Engineer to supervise and organize shift operations activities during the absent of Senior Engineer.
• To conceptual, plan and coordinate presentation for smooth live events.
• To ensure incoming live feed AV quality meet ASTRO technical specifications and able to operate presentation/broadcast equipment’s.
• To operate presentation equipment such as Vision Mixer, Audio Mixer, graphics and automation system.
• Liaise with Studio Operations, Master Control Room, Quality & Compliance, Content & Presentation and also Outside Broadcast for live events and transmission for ASTRO & Regional channels.
• Ensure smooth live presentation on air and adhere to the guidelines as stipulated by the relevant authorities. i.e. Broadcast Laws, Regulatory Framework & Environment.
• Ensuring all recording / ingest for broadcast requirement executed and delivered
• Managing all transmission aggregation across all relevant units
• To follow up with source provider and escalation on pending feed related issues
• Manage all feed contribution and configuration for all incoming feed
• To produce detail Live transmission, Feed aggregation and Playout report

REQUIREMENTS

• Candidate must possess at least a bachelor's degree in electronic / electrical engineering / communication engineering, Computer Science or related fields with minimum 1 to 2 years' experience in related fields (Broadcasting/Postproduction/Studio Production, etc).
• Fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply
• PC literate, knowledge in database applications, e.g. Microsoft Access and systems drawings, e.g. Visio, AutoCAD will be an added advantage but not essential
• Terrestrial/Multi-Channel Television Broadcast knowledge is an added advantage
• Able to operate under emergency/high pressure conditions and willing to work in shift hours and prepare to work on off day

REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge and Professional Certification in Cloud Computing (i.e. AWS), Networking i.e. CCNA is an added advantage.
• Able to understand failure mechanisms of complex computer-based systems.
• Effectively apply communication skills to build and maintain internal relationships.
• Must be willing to work on irregular hours or on weekends to complete critical assignments. § Able to work effectively under pressure. § Highly Passionate to Make Things Happen