Audio Engineer V

Fitness Studio Engineer V
6 months contract with extension
Santa Monica, CA
$90.00$95.00/hr. on w2, DOE
Fortune 500 client

Position Overview :
At Client , we care deeply about our customers wellbeing. Fitness is a digital service designed to enrich the lives of our customers through a broad and inclusive range of trainer led exercises, meditations, and audio programming.

The Fitness Studio is a high volume, state-of-the-art 4K UHD multicamera production and postproduction facility responsible for creating bespoke audio and video content. The multidisciplinary Fitness Engineering team supports the day-to-day operations of the Fitness Studio. Their expertise spans broadcast video, lighting, robotic cameras, audio, systems, storage, and network engineering.

Fitness is seeking a Studio Engineer to help support the hardware and software for our studio, postproduction, and delivery pipelines with a focus on providing on the spot support for the live studio.

Key Qualifications:

• 5 years providing technical support and troubleshooting of live and postproduction audio and video signal flows, workflows, protocols, and codecs in a live, live to tape or postproduction environment.
• Experience supporting modern production asset management (PAM/MAM) systems.
• Experience with support for largescale SAN environments for high throughput media workflows
• Experience supporting & troubleshooting Ethernet, Brocade Fibre Channel, and DLC networking infrastructures to ensure seamless SAN connectivity and data integrity.
• Cando attitude that thrives on collaboration and problem solving in high demand and fast paced environments.
• Open to a flexible work schedule with possible weekends and off-hours work as required.
• Initiative-taker who can manage their own tasks and projects with little oversight from leadership

Description:
The Fitness Studio Engineer will be responsible for the on-demand support of the production and postproduction teams.

This includes work with cinema cameras and lenses; video and audio signal path; camera robotics; production lights and their control systems; advanced production asset management (PAM) pipeline automation; fibre channel SAN storage & networking infrastructure; and various software applications running across macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems.

The individual will be expected to effectively manage their time enabling the delivery of projects and tasks with relatively little delay. The position requires regular coordination with third party vendors for studio upgrades and equipment repair. Success in this role requires the ability to handle and properly prioritize out of band requests to ensure the smooth operation of the studio and its production pipeline. The candidate must be open to working evening and weekend shifts as needed.

Experience in a technical support role for life, live to tape or postproduction support position is essential. The candidate must be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. This position is based in Santa Monica.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS or equivalent preferred.
• Equivalent or relevant field experience acceptable.

Additional Requirements

• Experience in the maintenance and repair of studio broadcast equipment and infrastructure including switchers, cameras, routers, live audio consoles, wireless microphones, lighting, lighting, communications systems, fiber backs, displays, single and multimode fiber, ethernet and SMPTE311 connections required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in administration and troubleshooting of macOS, Linux, and Windows required.
• Demonstrated ability to support high performance SAN storage for media production pipelines highly preferred.
• High degree of familiarity and understanding of structured content related & status metadata for the purpose of workflow automation and content related metadata management & delivery preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency creating and modifying technical drawings (AutoCAD highly preferred).
• Ability to construct and install various videos, audio, ethernet, fibre and control cabling preferred.

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Russell Tobin offers eligible employee s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors

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