Sky Careers – Content Delivery Engineer

Job Description:

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine

Do you want to be part of a team that ensures the performance of the digital fabric that has enabled a rapid transformation in the way the UK works and is entertained? If you thrive in an environment where no two days are the same, want to influence, create and work with exciting cutting-edge technologies, then this role could be for you.

Our team focuses on technology strategy, design and delivery. From OTT to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our fixed and mobile networks. We’re bold, proactive, forward-thinking and collaborative. Together, we’re proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Optimising CDN operation for performance, selection, mapping, resilience and cost management, from delivery at the edge to sourcing content from a range of Sky and 3rd party content origins.
• Evolve our CDN partner interfacing with Sky’s data collection, analytics, monitoring, storage and reporting systems, as the platform scales.
• Working on new platform & features design, development, deployment, FT & NFT testing.

Job Requirements:

• A flair for scripting/coding to troubleshoot or design automated deployment, configuration and testing of distributed, containerised or discrete systems, collecting data for performance analysis and visualisation across linux-based environments.
• In-depth experience with a number of the following areas: design, development, scaling and technical management of a Content Delivery Network delivering video and/or web applications, in a professional services/consulting role building OTT video content delivery solutions or IPTV network infrastructure in Media / Telco industry sectors.

Qualification & Experience:

• Enjoy presenting your ideas, challenges and solutions to engineers, developers, managers and users of the Content Delivery Platform across the organisation for a wide spectrum of applications. Ability to write clear documentation.
• Comprehensive, practical understanding of deploying/operating/troubleshooting web technology stacks, methods and protocols such as IPv4/6, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/1.1/2, HTTP headers,
• TLS, caching web servers, block/object storage systems, web-scale delivery of audio/video over HLS, DASH and HSS protocols protected by DRM schemas. Knowledge of newer delivery methods such as WebRTC & QUIC. A complimentary understanding of internet delivery methods, eg. transit, peering, IXP and the underpinning network protocols ISIS,MPLS,BGP.

Job Details:

Company: Sky

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Engineering Information Technology

Job Location: London, GB

Application Deadline: N/A

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