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Broadcast Maintenance Technician

As a Broadcast Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for duties to include, but are not limited to:

• Providing technical support for all agency end-users of broadcast equipment and systems, including video and audio routers, video switchers, audio mixers, studio and ENG cameras, satellite receivers, video and audio servers, multimedia audiovisual studios, lighting systems, non-linear edit systems, intercom systems, and digital telephone hybrid interfaces.
• Installing, cabling, wiring, and fabricating technical and mechanical solutions. Extensive hands-on experience is required in broadcast equipment installation, including racking gear, pulling cable, and installing BNC fittings, Ethernet, and XLR connectors.
• Providing rapid response to emergency situations that may require equipment substitutions or rerouting to minimize loss of signal-to-air and production facility downtime.
• Identifying broadcast system workflow weaknesses and designing, constructing, and installing modifications as necessary to correct the problems.
• Serves as Systems Administrator or network administrator for multi-user broadcast systems. Install and maintain all software applications and modify applications for best use within the Marti facility.
• Preparing written reports, studies, analyses, and proposals to support the ongoing management of all broadcast systems in multimedia studio.
• Establishing and maintaining collaboration, planning, and vendor relationships; working with the Technical Operations Manager and Senior Technical Staff in planning, designing, executing, implementing, modifying, and evaluating technical projects, applications, and systems.
• Testing, evaluation, and preventative maintenance, planning, designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating testing methodologies within assigned areas to determine system/application efficiency and effectiveness.
• Performing scheduled corrective and preventative maintenance on complex radio and multimedia studio broadcast equipment and systems, including routers, switchers, video and audio servers, mixers, non-linear editing systems, satellite receivers, studio and ENG cameras, intercom systems, and digital telephone hybrid interfaces.

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