ABC Broadcast Engineer – extended

Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: IT/Technology

  • Full Time, Permanent Opportunity
  • Location – Negotiable
  • Collaborative, high performance culture 

The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.

About the ABC

The ABC is the nation’s most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. With over 4,000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas, we are proud to create, curate and deliver high-quality content that informs, educates and entertains Australian communities.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a national team of Broadcast Technologists responsible for supporting technology used in audio over IP (AoIP), which underpins the production of live audio content including Local Radio and national networks like triple j and Classic FM, and on-demand content including podcasts.

You will be responsible for:

  • Providing specialist skills for AoIP technologies in highly integrated IT and IP environments, including programming with Axia, Livewire+ and Pathfinder Core routing.
  • Lead ongoing training and mentoring to Technology Teams
  • Performing ongoing system management and maintenance activities.
  • Proactively collaborating with a broad group of stakeholders, including Content teams, internal support teams, project teams and vendor partners.

About You

We are looking for a team player with the aptitude to provide support in a constantly evolving technology environment.

You will be able to demonstrate:

  • Client service focus and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Team player who is generous when sharing knowledge.
  • Experience providing technical support using problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of operational audio production environments is advantageous.
  • Understanding of complimentary IT and IP disciplines is advantageous, for example Microsoft virtual environments and server products, web services and scripting.

For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description: Download File 30002948 TECHNOLOGIST.pdf

For further information on this position please contact David Vapp, NBS Manager on 0437 956 643. We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.

We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.

The ABC has a vaccination policy that requires employees to meet vaccination requirements for those working in some high-risk environments or circumstances. Some roles will require adherence to this policy as an inherent requirement of performing the role.

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