Senior Network Engineer, Cingularity

Who We Are

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euro league Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and P .

IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and P , the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year‑round, attracting more than three million fans.

TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry‑leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

Permanent, London, Spitalfields, London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

Mon‑Fri, 9am‑5pm

The Senior Network Engineer (Net Ops) at Cingularity is a pivotal role demanding technical expertise and innovative thinking. As a core member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the complex infrastructure that powers our mission‑critical transmission systems. This position is designed for an engineer who can bridge the gap between traditional networking methodologies and modern Net Ops practices.

You will take ownership of our core networking infrastructure—including a specialised DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode) network—while strategically introducing automation to enhance resilience and performance. While you will assist with the development of observability tools, 24/7 monitoring is managed by our Technical Operations Centre (TOC), supported by a joint effort between Systems, Broadcast, and Network Engineering teams.

• Core Routing & Switching:
  Design and operate distributed systems with an advanced understanding of OSPF and BGP.
• Multicast Routing:
  Maintain a solid understanding of Multicast routing to ensure efficient data delivery across broadcast environments.
• DTM Specialisation:
  Take primary responsibility for the management and optimisation of the DTM network, ensuring it meets the rigorous demands of live broadcast.
• Global Telemetry:
  Manage and refine a global telemetry network to ensure consistent data flow and visibility across all international transmission points.
• Capacity Planning:
  Manage network capacity and advise on hardware/bandwidth upgrades triggered by business growth and specific customer projects.
• Traffic Forwarding:
  Ensure optimal performance and data integrity for high‑availability, scalable systems used for critical live content broadcasting.

• Infrastructure Security:
  Take ownership of network security, implementing best practices for access control and protection across the entire ecosystem.
• Firmware & Lifecycle Management:
  Manage and execute regular firmware upgrades, patching, and maintenance across all network hardware to ensure stability and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• System Hardening:
  Implement network‑level security hardening to protect mission‑critical transmission paths.

• Internal Tooling:
  Build and refine monitoring techniques where the primary "customers" are our internal TOC and Event Engineering teams.
• Observability Design:
  Utilise and assist in the development of modern monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Open Search) and the Netbox source of truth.
• Automation Development:
  Implement automation strategies for infrastructure management using tools such as Ansible, Python, and shell scripting.
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