Media Systems Engineer

Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson popularly known as MrBeast the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain inspire and create significant social impact Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media philanthropy consumer products and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain educate and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation creativity and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers create unforgettable experiences and build a legacy that inspires future generations.

Location: Raleigh NC (must reside in the Raleigh area) Type: Full-Time Travel: Frequent travel to Greenville NC required

MrBeast produces more content and generates more footage than almost any studio on the planet. Behind every video is a serious infrastructure operation: petabyte-scale storage high-bandwidth editorial networks deep archives and a data center that never gets to take a day off.

Were looking for a Media Systems Engineer based in Raleigh NC to work directly with our Systems Engineering lead and support the broader team. Youll remotely operate and maintain our data center own storage and archival infrastructure end to end and travel frequently to our Greenville NC studio for hands-on work. This is a role for someone who has lived inside real media infrastructure the kind found at studios and networks like DreamWorks NBCUniversal or Netflix and knows what it takes to keep production moving when the stakes are high and the timelines are short.

Storage & Archival

• Operate and maintain multi-tier storage infrastructure (primary nearline and archive) for raw camera footage and finished assets
• Manage LTO tape library operations end to end: archival writes verification/checksums restores offsite rotation and media lifecycle
• Administer SAN/NAS and shared editorial storage platforms including capacity planning performance tuning and monitoring
• Support and improve backup and disaster recovery strategy across on-prem and cloud tiers

Data Center & Servers

• Provide remote day-to-day operation and support of our data center: monitoring alerting incident response and vendor coordination
• Build and administer Linux and Windows servers virtualization platforms and core services (Active Directory DNS DHCP)
• Perform hands-on data center work during Greenville visits: racking cabling hardware lifecycle and facility upgrades

Networking

• Support high-bandwidth editorial and production networks: VLANs subnets routing/switching and firewall policies
• Troubleshoot and optimize network performance for video editing media transport and file-acceleration workflows
• Partner with the team on network design for new builds and studio expansion

Cloud & Workflow

• Manage cloud storage integration and hybrid on-prem/cloud tiering (AWS or equivalent)
• Support media workflows and asset movement between editorial archive and delivery systems
• Script and automate repetitive infrastructure and media-movement tasks (Python Bash or PowerShell)
• Write and maintain documentation SOPs and runbooks so knowledge never lives in just one head

• 5 years of systems engineering / systems administration experience in media & entertainment studio network broadcast or post-production environments (e.g. DreamWorks NBCUniversal Netflix or comparable)
• Deep hands-on experience with archival workflows and LTO tape libraries (Quantum Spectra Logic or similar) and archive software (Archiware SGL or equivalent)
• Strong storage chops: SAN/NAS administration at scale (Avid NEXIS SNS EVO PowerScale/Isilon Qumulo or similar)
• Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP VLANs routing/switching DNS/DHCP firewalls and high-throughput (10/25/100GbE) environments
• Server administration across Linux and Windows plus virtualization (VMware Proxmox or equivalent) and Active Directory
• Working knowledge of cloud storage and compute (AWS GCP or Azure) in hybrid media environments
• Ability to support a production data center remotely strong monitoring troubleshooting and on-call discipline
• Clear communicator who can support creative non-technical teams under production pressure
• Must live in (or relocate to) the Raleigh NC area and be able to travel frequently to Greenville NC

• Certifications such as CCNA CompTIA Network/Storage AWS or Avid ACSR Netapp Ontap
• Experience with MAM/DAM platforms (Iconik CatDV or similar) and file-acceleration tools (Signiant Aspera)
• Familiarity with editorial applications and codecs (Premiere Pro DaVinci Resolve Avid Media Composer; UHD/HDR pipelines)
• Live production or live-streaming infrastructure experience
• Scripting beyond the basics API integrations Docker infrastructure automation Python Bash etc.

Youre not expected to have used every tool listed here if youve run comparable systems at scale we want to hear from you.

• Full-time position based in Raleigh NC
• Frequent travel to our Greenville NC studio is required
• Remote support of our data center with periodic on-call responsibilities

MrBeast is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

We are redefining what entertainment and storytelling look like at global scale. Every piece of content we publish reaches millions and influences culture in real time. This is your opportunity to lead the team that decides how those moments come to life across every screen.

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Dental Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
• Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Company-provided technology package
• Relocation assistance where applicable including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days