Engineer, Live Presentation & Playout, Broadcast Operations

Astro

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

1-3 Years

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WHY JOIN US

We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.
We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.
Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

It's our people that make Astro Malaysia's leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintain and operate broadcast automation systems for 24 hours transmission of ASTRO local & regional Playout TV channels and live events, recover systems under failure conditions and returning the station to stable operation
Accountable for the 99.9% of all Local as well as Regional Playout channels service availability with minimal operational error throughout the 12 hours flexible shift duty.
Monitor and perform Live/ Playout service recovery and BCP whenever required not limited to system related downtime but also during planned / unplanned maintenance activities which impacts the operation.
Ensure playlists are received without discrepancy from all Playout channels schedulers / planners for current day as well as future transmission.
Execution of secondary events (graphic animation, crawler etc) trigerring when required.
Execute manual program / content changes, epg updates for both Playout & Regional business channel during none office hours .e.g repeat of live events, ad hoc changes made basis when required.
Provide shift operation related data and information for daily operations as well as periodic data analysis report.
Assist Senior Engineer to supervise and organize shift operations activities during the absent of Senior Engineer.
To conceptual, plan and coordinate presentation for smooth live events.
To ensure incoming live feed AV quality meet ASTRO technical specifications and able to operate presentation/broadcast equipment's.
To operate presentation equipment such as Vision Mixer, Audio Mixer, graphics and automation system.
Liaise with Studio Operations, Master Control Room, Quality & Compliance, Content & Presentation and also Outside Broadcast for live events and transmission for ASTRO & Regional channels.
Ensure smooth live presentation on air and adhere to the guidelines as stipulated by the relevant authorities. i.e. Broadcast Laws, Regulatory Framework & Environment.
Ensuring all recording / ingest for broadcast requirement executed and delivered
Managing all transmission aggregation across all relevant units
To follow up with source provider and escalation on pending feed related issues
Manage all feed contribution and configuration for all incoming feed
To produce detail Live transmission, Feed aggregation and Playout report

REQUIREMENTS:

Candidate must possess at least a bachelor's degree in electronic / electrical engineering / communication engineering, Computer Science or related fields with minimum 1 to 2 years experience in related fields (Broadcasting/Postproduction/Studio Production, etc).
Fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply
PC literate, knowledge in database applications, e.g. Microsoft Access and systems drawings, e.g. Visio, AutoCAD will be an added advantage but not essential
Terrestrial/Multi-Channel Television Broadcast knowledge is an added advantage
Able to operate under emergency/high pressure conditions and willing to work in shift hours and prepare to work on off day

REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge and Professional Certification in Cloud Computing (i.e. AWS), Networking i.e. CCNA is an added advantage.
Able to understand failure mechanisms of complex computer-based systems.
Effectively apply communication skills to build and maintain internal relationships.
Must be willing to work on irregular hours or on weekends to complete critical assignments.
Able to work effectively under pressure.
Highly Passionate to Make Things Happen

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Job ID: 151213489

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Last Updated: 14-07-2026 10:45:12 PM

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