Sr Live Event Technology Specialist
$110,000–$165,000 year
Remote
Job Summary
As a Sr Live Event Technology Specialist, you will lead and support global live streaming operations for Tier-1 events, ensuring the highest quality and reliability. You will manage end-to-end streaming workflows, make real-time operational decisions during live events, troubleshoot streaming issues, and collaborate with partners to ensure seamless execution. The position requires strong skills in incident management, documentation, and communication, alongside technical expertise in large-scale live streaming operations and familiarity with various video transport protocols.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in live streaming operations, broadcast operations, or OTT delivery environments
- Experience supporting Tier-1 live events with real-time monitoring, incident response, and escalation management
- Hands-on experience operating large-scale live streaming workflows
- Ability to troubleshoot end-to-end streaming pipelines across acquisition, encoding, packaging, origin, and distribution layers
- Familiarity with QoS/QoE monitoring tools, playback analytics, and stream performance diagnostics
- Strong incident management, documentation, and communication skills in high-pressure live production environments
- Familiarity with video transport protocols (zixi, SRT, RIST, RTP etc), Video Encoding/Packaging, Basic networking concepts
- Familiarity with DRM, ad insertion (SSAI), and live event redundancy strategies
- Proficiency with HLS/DASH streaming, MPEG-TS/fMP4, DRM basics, SCTE-35 signaling, and ad insertion workflows
Desired Qualifications
- Paramount+ audiences experience consistent, high-quality live streams across all platforms
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