L2 Video Streaming Engineer

Post Date

Jul 01, 2025

Location

Stamford,
Connecticut

ZIP/Postal Code

06902
US
Sep 02, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Engineering (Non IT)

Req #

HAR-792367

Pay Rate

$29 - $36 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

30-38/hr
Insight Global is hiring for a L2 Broadcast Engineer to sit onsite in Stamford, CT for a large, multimedia & entertainment client. This L2 Engineer will be joining the Streaming Video Operations within the Direct-to-Consumer Organization. This Engineer will be working on a team comprised of 15 individuals who support the hardware and software in the operation systems. This engineer will be responsible for monitoring live stream tools and responding to any outages, fibers cuts for a circuit, ensure the engineering designs, plans, maintenance, and other activities result in a safe and reliable transmission operation, liaison with other engineers, operators, and leadership to facilitate support of cross-disciplinary operations and engineered systems, and interface with telecommunications carriers and vendors to identify, escalate and resolve issues, commit maintenance windows, as well as improve on overall performance.

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Required Skills & Experience

3-5 years of Broadcast & Streaming Engineering experience
Experience encoding live stream
Prior experience supporting & working within a NOC (network operations center)
Understanding of IP networking: the use of internet protocol (IP) networks to transmit and receive streaming content like video and audio
Familiarity with Bash (scripting language used on Linux systems) , Terminal, Python, or Shell scripting, AWS EC2
Knowledge of video transport standards/protocols (how things are transported over network
(e.g., MPEG, HEVC, HLS, RTP, ASI, HLS, CMAF, DASH) and DAI standards (e.g., SCTE 104 and SCTE 35)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.