IPTV Operation Engineer

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IPTV Operations Engineer Urgently Required

Job Description:
A new opportunity has become available for an experienced IPTV operations engineer to work for one of our prestigious clients in Saudi Arabia.The candidate will be responsible for handling our client's IPTV network operations support and direct interaction with its IPTV customers. This network consists of multi-vendor Set Top Boxes (STBs) at the customer ends, and streamers and Servers (VOD, IPTV, EPG, DRM, Middle-ware, etc) at the head-end, to support this IPTV system.

Qualifications and Responsibilities:
* A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
* Strong understanding of IPTV/Digital TV Head-end support in an operational environment
* Strong understanding of IP/Ethernet technologies and services
* Strong understanding of Broadband technologies and services
*Strong understanding of Transport layer technologies and services
*Knowledge of DVR and non DVR Set Top Boxes
*Knowledge of multi-vendor middle-ware platforms such as Octopus, Verimatrix, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorolla, Microsoft, etc.
*Experience with MS Office and MS Visio.
*Develop and maintain customer user guides/manuals for current and future IPTV features, such as remote control, VOD, STB Install, STB Reboot, etc.
*Develop and maintain documentation on all IPTV equipment inventory, their connectivity to client's network, VLAN information, and switch ports information.
*Develop and maintain up to date topology drawings of IPTV head-end connections, including Satellite dishes, LNBs, Splitters, Streamers, Server, and Access Switches.
*Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly IPTV Operations reports,which should include but not limited to:
oDaily IPTV channels check up list showing status of each channel
oConsolidated Weekly/Monthly IPTV help desk trouble tickets summary
oWeekly IPTV technical issues report (Streamers utilization, streamers
otrouble logs, splitter noise problems, LNB signal problems, etc)
* Installing and repairing TV head-end broadband devices such as LNBs, Splitters, Coaxial cable terminations, Satellite dish alignment, etc.
*Work with vendors to order required hardware and software. Install all hardware and software associated with new IPTV equipment.
*Communicate with vendors regarding updates/patches and deployment of updates/patches, with cooperation of the IPTV Engineer.
*Knowledge of multi-vendor IP streamers/encoders, VOD Servers, Set-Top-Boxes.
*Understanding of the following technologies: USB, Ethernet, HDMI, SATA, etc
*Exposure to streaming media technologies ie DVB, MPEG2, MPEG4, RTP, PVR/DVR, HD-TV, Graphics/OSD, Audio/Video, IPTV.
*A minimum of 4 years experience in IPTV networks operations

If you feel you have the right technical skills and experience working in this environment, please send us your CV

Regards,

Zaid

Penta Consulting is a global staffing solutions business providing innovative and flexible recruitment strategies for clients and the very best permanent, interim and contract career opportunities for candidates across IT, Telecoms, Accounting and Finance. Ranked 14 in the 2011 Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For awards, Penta holds a Queen's Award for Enterprise among other high profile business and quality awards. Visit our website for more information.
Penta Consulting is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Start date
March 2012
Duration
12 months renewable
From
Penta Consulting
Published at
22.02.2012
Project ID:
320625
Contract type
Freelance
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