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News Corp Australia Platform Engineer Media Asset Management in NSW, Australia
What’s the role?
NewsCorp is evolving as a publisher, adding video and audio content to our strong print and digital publishing channels. To support our rapid growth in video publishing, we are implementing a suite of video production platforms including Media Asset Management.
Reporting to the Platform Manager - Digital Asset Management, the Platform Engineer is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Asset Management platforms, working as part of a team across several adjacent platforms.
You will initially be working on a project involving:
Deployment and configuration of the Mimir media asset management platform;
Creating video and audio workflows;
Developing operations procedures and related documentation.
Longer term the role will evolve with the organisation's growing needs as they relate to digital asset production and management.
As the Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for maintenance of existing configurations and the creation of new customer solutions from inception to delivery. You will initially be working in AWS. Other technologies like machine learning may be added on a project by project basis.
We will give you the resources and autonomy you need to get the job done.
Who are you?
To be successful, you must thrive in an energetic, fast-paced environment, and be as comfortable talking to engineers and technical staff as you are with project managers and business SMEs. The right person for the role will engage collaboratively to build close working relationships and bring their experience to improve the delivery flow within and across teams.
Skills and experience
Highly Desirable
Experience operating asset management platforms (MAM/DAM/PAM)
Experience with video and audio - preferably at scale
Practical experience with digital asset lifecycle management
Experience with content metadata management - entity extraction, sentiment analysis, classification
Creating and maintaining accessible technical documentation
Outstanding problem solving skills
Excellent verbal communication, and documentation skills
Experienced in reporting
Advantageous:
Experience with Digital Rights Management and Copyright
Experience implementing asset management platforms (MAM/DAM/PAM)
Amazon Cloud/ AWS framework
Experience working with SaaS based platforms
Experienced in writing and executing SQL queries
News Benefits
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
Who are we?
News Corp Australia is the nation’s most influential media organisation, operating more than 150 household-name brands across print, digital and multimedia. We lead the way in travel, fashion, food, health, homes and lifestyle, and we are the largest publisher across print and digital, reaching more than 16 million Australians each month.
What’s next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.
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Technology, Digital and Data
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