Development Operation Engineer

Development Operation Engineer New York, NY ***THIS IS A STAFF POSITION WITH END DATE*** Role Summary: NBC Universal has an opening for a DevOps Engineer in the Production Services, Media Technology Solutions. The DevOps Engineer will work with developers to manage and deploy codes to QA and Production environments which support the various systems used in NBC News production technology and focusing on media asset management (MAM), production asset management (PAM) and file-based workflows. Essential Responsibilities: • Core team member on the Media Software Integration team, focusing on media asset management and file-based workflows • Create deployment packages and deploy to Test, QA and Production environment • Work with support team to schedule deployment to various environments • Configure Test, QA and Production environments with proper packages and dependencies to enable development • Perform system administration activities • Manage and maintain the development repository • Perform upgrades/ apply fixes on open source software and in-house developed software • Provide 24x7 L2 support on open source software and in house developed software • Perform application debugging, troubleshooting and escalate issues to appropriate team • Identify automation opportunities within development and support teams, and develop appropriate scripts • Implement application monitoring system • Perform systems & applications usage, metrics and trend analysis reports • Support unit, volume, security, network, redundancy and overall system testing • Train L1 support team on supporting in-house developed application • Work with support team to create support documentation • Any assigned duties Qualifications/Requirements • Degree in Computer Science equivalent work experience • Understanding of software architecture grounded in a minimum of 5 years of software development and configuration experience • Strong knowledge of Python with a minimum of 5 years experience • Minimum 5 years working with IT systems, with a solid understanding of network protocols and standards (e.g. DNS, TCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH) • Minimum 5 years working with relational databases and SQL, ideally on Microsoft SQL Server environment • Minimum 3 year experience defining, documenting, and executing test cases • Experience administering and managing a GNU/Linux environment for development, including package management and basic system administration • Experience working in a Windows Server environment with basic knowledge of Windows usage and administration • Experience developing software against documented third-party APIs and working with vendors to identify and correct issues and drive enhancements • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Experience with Configuration Management tools (Chef, Puppet, Saltstack) • Experience with NoSQL database management and deployment. • Experience with monitoring systems like Splunk. *Must be open to staff position with end date Desired Characteristics • Familiarity with broadcast production or video production systems, including basic knowledge non-linear editing tools such as Avid or Final Cut Pro • Experience with the Viz Ardome MAM platform • Experience with Avid Interplay MAM platform • Experience with high-volume data migration projects • Experience working with Agile and Scrum methodologies for software development and project execution • Experience with Avid server systems including ISIS and Interplay • Working familiarity with components of the IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere product suites • Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux and/or Ubuntu server • Proficiency using HTML/CSS/AJAX in a production environment to design and build an effective UX • Familiarity with Liferay or similar open-source portal frameworks ***THIS IS A STAFF POSITION WITH END DATE***