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Lawo, based in Rastatt, Germany, is an innovative, leading supplier of professional audio, video and control solutions to the world-wide broadcast market. We develop and manufacture our products in Germany and support them with a global Customer Support Team.

GROW WITH US! To strengthen our team, we have an immediate opening for an

Infrastructure Engineer EU (m/f/x)

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Networking, SDN & Automation:

  • Architecting of resilient, scalable and secure network solutions for high bandwidth and low latency media applications
  • Manage and automate the deployment of network systems
  • Promote modern networking practices including SDN solutions, configuration management, version control & IaC tooling

Monitoring & Troubleshooting:

  • Implement monitoring tools which allow customers to monitor the health of systems, servers, and network connections to ensure the reliable delivery of broadcast signals
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues across all infrastructure layers (hardware, network, software)

Collaboration:

  • Professional Services Group support providing technical consulting involving conceptual design and requirements capture, configuration, commissioning and training within project delivery and project support covering system and product issue tracking and resolution
  • Lead technical meetings with relevant stakeholders that include product/system presentations and demonstrations
  • Collaborate closely with other engineering teams and product management to ensure a smooth integration of system deployments

Performance Optimization:

  • Optimize the performance of COTS-based servers and networks for efficient software-based signal processing and distribution
  • Conduct system performance tests and deploy necessary optimizations to meet broadcast environments’ demanding throughput and latency requirements

Documentation & Best Practices:

  • Create and maintain system documentation, including procedures for network deployments, updates, and incident management
  • Enforce and promote best practices in infrastructure management, security, and automation within the organization.

Security:

  • Implement and enforce security measures within the broadcast environments, ensuring signal integrity, data flow, and infrastructure protection
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and security protocols for broadcast signal distribution and processing

YOUR PROFILE

Proven Experience:

  • 3+ years in a network or systems architecting role focusing on broadcast environments or similar complex systems involving signal distribution over multicast
  • Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with SMPTE ST 2110 standards for professional media over IP networks
  • Experience with software defined networking, including tools and software used in broadcast environments

Technical Skills:

  • Networking
    • Technologies (e.g. Multicast, PTP, SDN, BGP/OSPF, AVD)
    • Vendors (e.g Cisco, Arista, Nvidia)
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)
  • CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git, Jenkins)
  • Proficient in a scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash).
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Knowledge of virtualized or cloud-based environments in a media context (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Operating Systems & Tools:

  • Experience with Linux-based operating systems (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat)
  • Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios)
  • Experience with bug tracking and project management tools (e.g., JIRA)

Soft Skills:

  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in high-pressure, real-time environments
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional teams
  • Ability  to adapt to rapidly evolving technologies and challenges in the broadcast space

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with additional broadcast standards and practices (e.g., ST2110, AES67, NDI, SRT, TS, NMOS, JT-NM)
  • Background in broadcast signal integrity testing and compliance (e.g., compliance with AES67 or SMPTE standards)

Travel & Languages:

  • Ideally located in Belgium or nearby
  • Up to 30% global travel, project-specific on-site presence on a case-by-case basis with initial focus on the Benelux market
  • Business language mainly English, Dutch is an advantage
  • Additional European languages - German and French are nice to have

OUR OFFER

  • A highly motivated team and an international environment
  • Flexible working hours and home office days
  • Attractive salary with additional benefits
  • Company pension scheme
  • Language courses and other training opportunities
  • Sun terrace for breaks
  • Employee Events
  • Foosball table and band rehearsal room
  • E-Bike Leasing
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