Senior Network Engineer, Studios

IMG is building a new broadcast headquarters at One Chiswick Park, a greenfield, software-defined, IP-first facility producing and delivering live sport 24/7. The role joins the network function at the centre of that build, helping commission the new estate through the project phase and then owning its day-to-day engineering permanently as part of the run team. It bridges traditional networking and modern NetOps practice in an automation-first estate where devices are modelled in NetBox, configuration is deployed from code through pipelines, and streaming telemetry feeds the observability stack.

• Design, operate and troubleshoot leaf-spine fabrics: BGP/OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN overlays, VRF-separated services, routed access.
• Operate ST 2110 media networks (dual media fabrics, SMPTE 2022-7, PTP timing, NMOS) to live production standards.
• Maintain advanced production-grade multicast (PIM-SM with anycast RP, IGMPv3, scoped boundaries) for media and encoded distribution.
• Manage capacity, firmware and hardware lifecycles across the estate, planning upgrades without service impact in a 24/7 facility.
• Keep NetBox authoritative for sites, racks, devices, circuits, IPAM and cabling, treating documentation drift as a defect.
• Build and run config-as-code automation deploying configuration from intent through CI pipelines (Python, Ansible, Git), eliminating hand-edits.
• Develop observability using streaming telemetry (gNMI/gRPC), flow analysis and modern tooling (Grafana, Zabbix class) for 24/7 operations teams.
• Lead the shift from manual workflows to automated NetOps across the run function and help colleagues make the same shift.
• Operate the eBGP WAN edge across DWDM dark fibre paths with BFD, support 1+1 delivery planes and internet-facing contribution/distribution (SRT, Zixi, RTMP), run dedicated cloud interconnects (AWS Direct Connect class) and hybrid workflows, and manage firewall estates, network hardening
• Security telemetry to group SIEM, and security-by-design aligned to group policy.
• Support Project One lab validation, commissioning and migration of live services from Stockley Park to One Chiswick Park with the systems integrator, and act as a Level 3 escalation point and mentor engineers across broadcast IT and operations teams.

• Advanced TCP/IP, switching and routing (BGP, OSPF) in production, with experience operating EVPN/VXLAN leaf-spine fabrics.
• Advanced experience with multicast protocols in a production environment.
• Demonstrable Python and Ansible for network automation, with Git-based workflows and a NetOps mindset rather than a CLI-only history.
• Experience with NetBox or a similar IPAM/DCIM platform for infrastructure documentation and management.
• Practical experience with modern monitoring (Grafana, Zabbix, ELK class), flow analysis, and streaming telemetry.
• Proven experience operating and securing enterprise firewall estates (Palo Alto, Fortinet or Cisco class) and managing firmware lifecycles.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including production teams.
• Ability to remain accurate and calm under pressure in a live broadcast environment where the network is on air.
• Organised, self-motivated, and drawn to solving problems with automation rather than repetition.
• Business Acumen: understanding financial drivers, interpreting business data, and aligning decisions to strategic outcomes.
• Operational Excellence: driving efficiency, governance, and continuous improvement in delivery and operations.
• Innovation Mindset: cultivating curiosity, experimentation, and forward-looking capability development.
• Leadership & Collaboration: inspiring others, building trust, and enabling collaboration across teams.

• Broadcast media networks: SMPTE ST 2110, PTP timing and synchronisation, SMPTE 2022-7, and NMOS; media knowledge is strongly preferred.
• Real-time transport: RTP, UDP, SRT, RIST, and Zixi; error correction (FEC, ARQ); and video encoding awareness (AVC, HEVC, JPEG-XS).
• Lossless fabrics: RoCEv2/RDMA, PFC/ECN, and the emerging media-exchange (MXL) workload class.
• Optical and WAN: DWDM, dark fibre, optical link budgets, and circuit diversity assessment.
• Vendor platforms: Arista EOS (CloudVision, AVD) and/or Cisco NX-OS (Nexus Dashboard) at data centre scale.
• Tooling: version control beyond scripts (GitHub or similar) and project tools such as Jira or ClickUp.
• NetBox specifically preferred for IPAM/DCIM.

• Stockley Park, London (relocating to Chiswick Park from 2027)
• Fixed Term Contract until end of 2028
• Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency specialising in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company that owns UFC, WWE, and PBR; together these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organise more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.