IT Manager and Broadcast Engineer

Job Description

The Hill, a division of Nexstar Media Group, seeks a hybrid IT Manager and Broadcast Engineer to support a variety of applications and systems that our newsroom and events producers use to create some of America's most-trusted and most-watched policy and politics content.

This position contributes to The Hill's success by ensuring our video and live event production teams are free from operational impediments.

Candidates must be highly-collaborative, flexible, responsive, creative problem-solvers with significant technical acumen. You should enjoy quickly switching context from network switches to filesharing applications to media production suites like NewTek's TriCaster - whatever might pop up in the course of creating a TV show or hosting a live event.

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ON-SITE AT 1625 K ST NW, WASHINGTON DC.

We're looking for someone who can be part of a live production team and the ''first call'' for troubleshooting. Someone who has seen enough to understand what questions to ask and which team members or vendors to bring in. Someone who is curious, isn't afraid to say ''I don't know,'' and is eager to find answers that help and accelerate their colleagues' success.
Our corporate IT organization provides desktop support and manages Microsoft 365 and similar enterprise systems for 15,000+ employees. We'll ask you to help augment that in cases where on-site, hands-on-keyboard help is needed with The Hill's staff of approximately 150

In this role, you will be expected to:
• Help resolve blocking issues and coordinate solutions across multiple technical teams
• Effectively and independently communicate with technology and business teams
• Act as a coach/mentor to colleagues, helping them better-leverage technology
• Identify technical tradeoffs, escalate risks, and manage incident resolution
• Monitor performance and finds opportunities for continuous improvement
• Think critically and constructively about complex business problems, clearly communicate analyses, and present solutions that address business needs
• Determine technical feasibility, dependencies, and constraints of new products and features with support from various internal and external product and technology teams
• Stay abreast of new capabilities and contributes to new products and features

Candidates should have these skills and qualifications:
• 3+ years experience in a professional workplace environment
• General familiarity with studio operations for live audiovisual production
• Proficiency working with Apple hardware and operating systems
• Understanding of PC hardware and software, including desktop management tools, application configurations and cloud based technologies.
• General understanding of MS Active Directory and Exchange
• General understanding of Local Area and Wide Area Networks and Wireless.
• Natural curiosity and a track record of pushing boundaries to solve problems
• Detail-oriented with excellent organization, analytical, and prioritization skills
• Able to accurately handle multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
• Able to easily and comfortably switch between day-to-day tactics and project planning
• Highly resourceful team player, also able to be extremely effective independently
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and able to build relationships

About The Hill

Established in 1994, The Hill is the country's definitive digital source for non-partisan political news and information. Inside the Beltway, it's known as an essential, agenda-setting read for lawmakers and influencers. Beyond the Capitol, The Hill's trusted content is shared more often on social media than any other major political news brand in America.
Our properties include TheHill.com, reaching a monthly audience of 41M; Hill.TV, the largest independent video platform within the Beltway with 1.4B annual views; The Hill's print edition, one of the most influential sources for law and policy makers; Elevate Studios, creating breakthrough branded content offerings for leading marketers; and The Hill Events, which hosted 70 virtual events last year, featuring 92 Members of Congress and 88 industry leaders in meaningful policy discussions.

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