Senior Media Systems Engineer
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10143986 Emplacement Londres, Royaume-Uni Entreprise Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date de publication 31/03/2026Résumé du poste:
About the Role & Team
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEPT) brings together the Company’s best-in-class product, technology, and commercialization teams together into one global organization. DEEPT is responsible for the P&L management and all distribution, network and engineering operations, sales, advertising, data, and certain key technology functions worldwide for the Company's content engines. DEEPT also manages operations of the Company's streaming services including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.
We are looking for a Senior Media Systems Engineer to work within our Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution team. Working as an integral contributor in a small team, you will work on supporting a range of applications across our media asset management workflows and content supply chain platform. You will provide technical expertise for project and support related work driven by priorities set by local and international teams.
The systems you will support sit in the critical path for content delivery to a variety of endpoints across multiple regions supporting linear, non-linear and streaming platforms. Maintaining consistent uptime is a key requirement.
You will also work on the development of in-house-built apps in addition to external vendor-built applications. You will be a point of contact on aspects of application support and projects. You will also create documentation as part of the handover to operational users and support teams.
This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.
Values
You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.
What You Will Do
You will ensure that the technical infrastructure and systems are maintained to the highest possible standard.
Manage the implementation of technical change and provide technical expertise as required by the Disney LOB’s within an agreed change control process.
You will assist with the management of Disney’s cloud infrastructure ensuring our cloud technology stack is compliant with both InfoSec and content security requirements.
You will work on the creation and development of in-house tools related to content management workflows under the guidance of senior team members and follow accepted practices of development/deployment pipelines.
You will work on project deployments including application and infrastructure change, determined by local and international business requirements.
Work with third party support teams to troubleshoot and resolve technology problems.
Effectively log, document, and escalate problems and their resolution using core company tools for the management of support tickets.
You will ensure all documentation detailing the content supply chain and infrastructure is kept accurate and up to date.
Provide engineering support for hardware and software upgrades and the deployment of new systems and workflows relating to projects and new business.
Work within the Disney security policies to protect the technical environment and Disney’s intellectual property.
As part of the support team complete out of hours maintenance where needed and join the weekend on call support rota.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Educated to Degree level in a related Electronic Engineering field, followed by selective theory and practical training courses during employment. Alternatively, you are educated to A Level standard with a demonstrable track record of greater than 5 years in media systems engineering and maintenance.
Knowledge of systems commonly used in asset management workflows – MAM applications, content flow, automated QC, transcoding, audio tools, subtitling tools content distribution, cloud infrastructure (S3/EC2), networking.
Knowledge of Python, JavaScript is preferable
Knowledge of AWS Lambda and Step Functions is preferable
AWS certification is preferable
The Perks
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Sur Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Chez Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, nous allions imagination et innovation pour réinventer la manière dont les gens vivent et interagissent avec les histoires et les produits les plus appréciés au monde. Notre travail est extrêmement vaste et complexe. Nous créons des expériences incroyables, transformons l’avenir des médias et créons des produits et des plateformes qui rapprochent les gens du monde entier des histoires et des sports qu’ils aiment.
Chez Disney, notre capacité à associer une technologie de classe mondiale à une créativité sans pareille nous rend uniques. C’est l’essence même de notre passé, de notre présent et de notre avenir. Nous sommes des narrateurs et des innovateurs. Des créateurs et des bâtisseurs. Des artistes et des ingénieurs.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à The Walt Disney Company Limited , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
The Walt Disney Company Limited est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidats seront pris en considération pour l’emploi sans tenir compte de l’âge, de la race, de la couleur de peau, de la religion ou des convictions, du sexe, de la nationalité, de l’origine ethnique ou nationale, de l’orientation sexuelle, du changement de sexe, du statut marital ou civil, du handicap, de la grossesse ou de la maternité. Disney favorise une culture commerciale où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution rapide.