Sinclair Inc. · 4 hours ago
Assistant Chief Engineer
Salt Lake City, UT
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSinclair Inc. is a corporate-owned broadcast television station seeking an Assistant Chief Engineer to support the Director of Engineering. The role involves overseeing the operation and reliability of technical systems, ensuring continuous on-air service, and providing technical leadership within the broadcast environment.
Broadcast Media
Responsibilities
Support day-to-day operation and long-term reliability of all station technical systems
Ensure continuous on-air service across linear, streaming, and digital platforms
Participate in planning, deployment, testing, and lifecycle management of systems
Support cloud-hosted master control, playout, monitoring, and distribution workflows
Maintain and troubleshoot IP-centric broadcast and enterprise IT systems
Ensure resiliency, redundancy, monitoring, and disaster recovery readiness
Serve as a senior escalation point for technical incidents
Lead structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
Document incidents and corrective actions per corporate standards
Identify opportunities to improve reliability, security, and efficiency
Provide technical leadership and mentorship
Communicate risks, incidents, and resolutions clearly
Develop SOPs, system documentation, and diagrams
Coordinate with vendors and system integrators
Support compliance with FCC regulations and corporate policies
Maintain technical logs and compliance documentation
Support EAS systems and emergency preparedness
Promote safe work practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience
5+ years of broadcast or enterprise media engineering experience
Strong knowledge of IP networking, servers, storage, and virtualization
Experience with cloud-based or hybrid broadcast workflows
Ability to work in studios, equipment rooms and transmitter facilities
Strong communication skills and ability to work in a matrixed organization
Hold a valid driver's license
Must be flexible to accommodate shift changes including extended hours, weekends and evenings
Ability to work within an on-call rotation schedule
Ability to work on ladders, stand for long periods of time, lift computers or equipment up to 50 pounds
Preferred
Prefer top-50 market, corporate broadcast experience
Prefer experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP media workflows
Prefer knowledge of cybersecurity best practices
AutoCAD experience
Company
Sinclair Inc.
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.
5001-10000 employees
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