Video Analytics Engineer

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Experience & Qualifications:

• A minimum 5 years’ experience in an IT role.
• Experience with IP video management systems and video analytics.
• Experience working with IP video surveillance cameras.
• Knowledge of video analytics market, capabilities, and limitations.
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills with staff at various levels.
• Creative, solution driven attitude.
• Be willing to work in an agile environment where changes are frequent, and technologies evolve.
• Degree/ Diploma in Information Technology.
• Experience with Video Analytics, computer vision, YOLO, OpenCV or other deep learning technologies.
• Tertiary qualification in Machine Learning principles and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse and optimize current usage of Video Analytics.
• Make recommendations to both internal and external stakeholders on how video analytics should be implemented.
• Become the computer vision subject matter expert in our business.
• Perform competitive analysis and recommend improvements and enhancements.
• Assist with optimisation of our clients platform for processing of video analytics.
• Train and mentor operational staff on optimal configuration of video analytics.
• Keep up to date with the latest trends in video analytics technology.
• Brief development teams on integration to existing software platforms.
• Source and recommend video analytics solutions for market vertical applications (retail, manufacturing, public safety, etc.)
• Optimise existing analytics for peak performance and accuracy.
• Work with the product and sales teams to ensure we develop viable commercial offerings.
• Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of video analytics at scale.

Purpose of the job:

The Video Analytics Engineer will be responsible for leading and driving our clients Video Analytics practice, utilizing your expertise in computer vision, AI, and video analytics. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enhancing our clients robust camera network and software platform by researching, evaluating, implementing, and supporting top-tier video analytics solutions. Your objective is to integrate cutting edge video AI and classification technology into our market-leading application,
delivering a high-quality commercial service to our clients, clients. Collaborating closely with our clients technology and software development teams, you will ensure that our client remains at the forefront of Video AI innovation, solidifying our clients position as a leader in the industry.