• Support the delivery of live sports productions by configuring, operating and monitoring IP contribution and streaming technologies, ensuring content is delivered reliably to audiences across BBC Sport's digital and broadcast platforms.
• Provide technical support for live and planned events, proactively identifying, troubleshooting and resolving issues to maintain the resilience and quality of time-critical sports coverage.
• Work closely with production teams, engineers and external suppliers to deliver effective IP-based solutions that meet operational requirements and contribute to the successful delivery of major sporting events.
• Assist with the testing, deployment and ongoing support of new technologies and services, helping improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of BBC Sport's streaming and contribution workflows.
• Develop and maintain expertise in IP and streaming technologies, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and supporting BBC Sport's transition towards increasingly digital and streaming-focused production and delivery models.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience working with broadcast, streaming, media technology or IP-based systems in an operational or engineering support environment.
• A good understanding of IP networking principles and their application in media, broadcast or streaming workflows.
• Experience supporting live or time-critical services, with the ability to identify, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with production teams, engineers and external partners.
• A proactive approach to learning new technologies and processes, with a focus on delivering reliable, high-quality support.

Desired But Not Required

• Familiarity with LiveU, WMT, streaming encoders or similar IP contribution technologies.
• Experience supporting live events, broadcast operations or digital media productions.
• Knowledge of video streaming, content delivery and media transport technologies.
• Understanding of cloud-based media services or virtualised production environments.
• Experience working with third-party technology suppliers or vendors to support operational services.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.