Broadcast Engineer x2

Job Title: Broadcast Engineer
Location-Type: Onsite, Charlotte, NC
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: $26-45/hour
Benefits: Eligible for health, dental, vision
Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Job Description:
The client is seeking a skilled Broadcast Engineer to maintain, troubleshoot, and support critical broadcast infrastructure from a centralized hub operation serving dozens of television stations.
Job Summary
Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair broadcast equipment supporting multiple TV stations from the client's central hub facility.
Monitor and support signal routing, video servers, and broadcast infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted on-air operations.
Configure, install, and maintain broadcast hardware, servers, and specialized hub equipment.
Perform Windows Server updates and routine system maintenance across a large-scale server environment.
Troubleshoot issues spanning broadcast systems, networking, routers, converters, video switches, and virtual environments.
Collaborate with the engineering team to support reliable broadcast operations across a wide station footprint.
Participate in an on-call rotation as needed, including occasional weekend schedules with weekday offsets.
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum 2.5 years of hands-on broadcast maintenance experience in a television broadcasting environment or hub (3 years preferred for senior-level consideration).
Demonstrated experience maintaining, configuring, and troubleshooting broadcast equipment, not solely operating it.
Hands-on experience with Evertz routing systems (routers and converters), required.
Experience with VistaLINK PRO monitoring, required.
Experience with broadcast and video servers in a production television environment.
Windows Server administration and maintenance experience.
Working knowledge of IP fundamentals and IT basics as applied to broadcast infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Harmonic video servers.
Experience with Crispin automation or a comparable broadcast master control automation platform.
Background supporting centralized hub operations across multiple stations.
Exposure to networking, virtual machines, video switches, and related broadcast infrastructure.
Former Master Control Operator background with a desire to transition into a hands-on engineering role.