Network And AV Systems Engineer

Company Name: tastylive

Role: Network and AV Systems Engineer

As the Network and AV Systems Engineer for tastylive, you'll be part of the team who runs our financial media broadcast network. You'll help to create an environment for our broadcast tech team and crew to succeed by providing leadership, efficiency and proactive solutions to continue to deliver the best end-product tastylive can offer.

Tastylive produces 11 hours of content every day and provide production support for live events around the world every year. Our studios are brand new with industry leading IP-based solutions to deliver video and audio signals to viewers across the globe.

The tasty family of companies empowers individual investors and traders by providing educational media, intuitive and powerful trading software, high-speed order execution, competitive pricing, and innovative financial products. We are an ideal environment for those who are self-motivated, pragmatic, and who enjoy a dynamic work environment which presents a steady stream of fresh challenges.

Who you are:

• Experience with NDI and Dante networking is preferred, or an enthusiastic desire to learn these technologies

• Experience with Vizrt products (Vectar Plus, Artist, Engine) and/or AV production and post-production workflows is also highly desirable

• Capable of responding quickly to and remaining calm during high-pressure incidents

• Ability to take a high degree of ownership in your work and function well as a subject matter expert and a proven track record of problem-solving and solutions focused work ethic

What you'll do:

• Support, configure, and maintain about a dozen Netgear AVLine switches

• Act as liaison with the larger Networking and IT teams at IG Group related to security, uplinks, internet access, and end user computing

• Share responsibility for supporting and maintaining Vizrt products (Vectar Plus, Artist, Engine) and/or AV production and post-production workflows

• Maintain a Ceph Clustered NAS storage server. It's a vendor supported product, but you will be the primary maintainer of the system

• Be responsible for day-to-day nuts and bolts: troubleshooting problems, managing and monitoring high-availability systems and infrastructure, hardware and software installation, testing, supporting end users, managing access to existing accounts and services, etc...

• Contribute to numerous interesting projects such as: Digital Asset Management, automation, live show data integrations, moving to the cloud, expanding and innovating workflows, etc.

Team Perks:

• Performance Bonuses

• Stock Purchase Options

• 401k Plan

• Continued Education Support

• 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)

• 10 Paid Sick Days

• Gym Membership Reimbursement

• Commuter Benefits

• Pet Insurance

• Wellness & Mental Health Programs

• Charitable Donation Matching

• Two Paid Volunteer Days Off

• Daily catered lunch when in the office

• Full kitchen with snacks and beverages

• In-building gym

• CTA stop a block away, Shuttle to/from Metra

• Office located in the West Loop

• Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars

Our Company:

The IG North America family of companies empowers individual traders differently. tastylive, founded in 2011, is an online financial media network, tastytrade (previously known as tastyworks) is a self-directed retail brokerage firm that launched in 2017, tasty Software Solutions and IG US, is a registered Forex broker-dealer. In 2021, London-based IG Group acquired tastylive, Inc. (previously known as tastytrade) and assigned it to lead business in North America. This combined team has years of experience like institutional brokers but also a passion for disrupting the entire trading industry.

Our dream is simple: we want more people to find more success with a better trading experience. That's why we're investing heavily in the right people, technology, and media to make that happen in the US and across the globe.

Location: Our office is in the West Loop

• Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.

tastytrade | tastylive | IG North America

1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

• Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!