Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KCBD:

KCBD NewsChannel 11 is the NBC affiliate in Lubbock, Texas, and the dominant #1 station in the market. KCBD is the number one news station in the area and a great place to work; professional with a family environment. We operate 30 channels, including KCBD, KJTV, KXTQ, KLCW, and KMYL.

Job Summary/Description:

Troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing studio and editing equipment, and installing and maintaining computer equipment. This is a Monday-Friday position, but occasional weekend and night shifts will be necessary. We do rotate on call weekly.
• Tanium experience is a plus.
• All engineering staff are on call 24/7 in case of an emergency.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Have good People Skills to work with the other Departments and personnel, along having the ability to fix any issue on the fly. Our engineering motto is that no problem is too big or small for us to handle.
• Have expert knowledge regarding equipment, IT technology, systems, and be able to step in and assist in emergency situations.
• Install and configure computer hardware, operating systems, and applications within the station. A good knowledge of VMware is a plus.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulations and communication with departments regarding those regulations.
• Assist in the implementation of Capital Projects.
• Integration, maintenance, and operation of new and current equipment, including towers, transmitters, microwave, satellite, IT, and tenant installations.
• Must be able to install and remove rack equipment weighing 25-50 pounds with the help of another employee.
• Have working knowledge of the latest operating systems software, including automation, server, and desktop operating systems. Linux is a plus.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must have knowledge of the engineering aspects of the technical facility, including studio support, post editing systems, field production support, and transmission of live / Vmix / OBS events and programs.
• A degree in IT/Broadcast engineering or a related field/experience is preferred.

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

KCBD-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.