Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role
As a Windows/Broadcast Engineer, you will be an expert in understanding workstation Operating Systems and broadcast infrastructure to ensure seamless media delivery, and the ability to automate repetitive tasks and configure systems through scripting and automation. You will ensure that the virtual desktop environment is scalable, reliable, and secure while providing a seamless user experience as well as troubleshooting complex broadcast workflows. Our technical footprint consists of virtualized systems that are deployed on-premises and in the cloud. We are responsible for supporting a large range of business stakeholders and workloads from general computing to resource intensive broadcast applications.

Your Role Accountabilities

Engineering/Primary Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage VDI solutions, including but not limited to VMware Horizon.
• Perform routine VDI lifecycle management activities, including deployment, updates, and retirement of virtual desktop instances, consistent with ITIL framework.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities for the virtual desktop environment.
• Implement and maintain security measures and controls, ensuring compliance with company policies and industry standards.
• Develop and maintain scripts to automate the deployment of virtual desktops, application installations, and system configurations, enhancing efficiency and consistency.
• Create detailed documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Stay current with emerging VDI technologies, trends, and best practices, recommending improvements and innovations.
• Regularly assess system performance, recommend improvements, and perform tuning and resource optimization as required.
• Assist with critical patching and vulnerability remediations.
• Configure, manage, and maintain group policy.
• Other duties and projects as assigned and in a timely fashion.

Operations

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex VDI and Broadcast issues, providing third-level support to the help desk and end-users.
• Collaborate with network, storage, and system security teams to ensure the VDI environment aligns with the broader IT infrastructure and security architectures.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance and capacity of VDI environments, including network, storage, and compute resources.
• Automate systems administration tasks utilizing configuration management tools.
• Ensure the highest levels of up-time; Respond to system alerts quickly ensuring that all aspects of our systems infrastructure are at production levels.
• Implement and use patch management tools, and application management tools.
• Must be willing to accommodate weekend, shift, or on-call schedules when necessary.

Analytics

• Develop comprehensive performance analysis of business processes and review ways of improvement.
• Actively participate in stakeholder meetings with the goal of understanding all major projects and initiatives planned.
• Develop disaster recovery or business continuity plans

What's in in for you:

• Contract of employment
• Benefits package: private medical care, life and accident insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria platform, sports card, social fund, retirement pension plan, Employee Referral Program
• Free access to the Max platform
• Work-life balance initiatives: well-being platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Support Program, film screenings organized by employees in the office cinema
• Training and development: training platform, co-financing of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Engagement Club - the opportunity to develop your interests in thematic employee groups, online meetings with experts
• CSR activities: volunteering, ecological and social initiatives
• Access to parking spaces

Onsite Working - This role is advertised as Onsite, meaning all working hours and days (regardless of shift pattern) will be carried out at the place of work. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement, where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.