Full-Time
Senior Engineer
Compute & System Administration
News Corp
1,001-5,000 employees
Global media, information services, publishing.
No salary listed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hybrid
Hybrid role requiring 3 in-office days per week in Bengaluru.
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- At least seven (7) years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering (Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure) developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform in a mixed Windows and Linux environment
- Advanced Windows Server and Active Directory experience, including domain services and identity management
- Strong understanding of cloud-hosted infrastructure operations, including operating systems, vulnerability management, monitoring, backup and restore
- Experience administering cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and maintaining landing zones in line with best practice standards
- Experience with automation and configuration management tools, including Terraform and Ansible (and Git Actions) for operational automation
- Proficiency in managing and supporting both cloud-hosted and on-premises integration points and cross-environment workflows
- Ability to provide incident, problem and change support, including outside of normal working hours
- Experience collaborating with security, audit, and governance teams to maintain compliance and security posture
- Uphold and maintain the operational standards and capabilities for cloud-hosted services
- Well-versed in Windows operating systems running as Infrastructure as a Service
- Manage and administer Active Directory services, including user and group management, authentication, and access controls, to ensure secure and seamless identity management
- Develop runbooks and automation for the operational activities to ensure repeatability
- Ensure the relevant AWS and Azure landing zones are maintained to News Corps minimum standards for operations and security
- Automation of processes and workflows, using tools and technologies in the market place Ansible, Terraform, Git Actions etc
- Operation of underpinning services supporting systems hosted within cloud-hosted or on-prem environments covering all aspects of cloud infrastructure including operating systems, vulnerability management, monitoring, backup, restore
- Mentor junior engineers and assist in knowledge-sharing initiatives across the compute team
- Collaborate with the Lead Engineer and team members to execute work programs in line with business and corporate strategies
- Support the security team to ensure the cloud-hosted services maintain an appropriate security posture regarding vulnerabilities and regulatory compliance requirements
- Operating System maintenance – full lifecycle management & security patching
- Improve reliability, availability and performance of the cloud-hosted systems and services
- Provide incident, problem and change support both in and out of working hours as necessary
- Identify process optimisation opportunities and contribute to and support the implementation of proposed solutions
- Create, manage and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders across the businesses and with technology partners
- Work with and respond to IT Audit requests
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills with an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences
- High emotional intelligence, inspiring team collaboration
- Good experience with AWS or Azure cloud technologies, cloud operations, security concepts, infrastructure as code, networking, storage, virtualisation
- Support and maintain CyberArk Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions to safeguard privileged accounts, enforce security policies, and strengthen compliance posture
- Experience of automating cloud and server operations with Ansible
- Experience in scripting and programming technologies such as: Terraform, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Yaml etc
- Experience of the ITIL framework and use of associated platforms such as ServiceNow for Change, Incident and Problem management etc
- Hands on experience with AWS or Azure technology services; Identity, Networking, Compute, Storage, Web, Containers, Databases, Serverless, Kubernetes (AKS/ECS)
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence for collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Knowledge of networking concepts, technologies, and protocols, including TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS
News Corp operates as a global media and information company with six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. It creates and distributes real estate portals, paid TV and streaming content, financial and business news, books, and news across regions. Its platforms monetize through ads, subscriptions, and licensing, leveraging flagship brands to reach audiences with property, entertainment, news, and publishing offerings. Its goal is to provide trusted, authoritative content and services to a broad audience while generating revenue across multiple channels worldwide.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2013
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement funds 2026 share buybacks and investments.
- Dow Jones targets $1 billion EBITDA in five years with 17% CAGR growth.
- Wall Street Journal digital subscriptions hit 4.3 million, up 11% in Q3 2026.
What critics are saying
- Google Gemini reduces WSJ traffic by 70-85% within 6-12 months.
- OpenAI synthetic data pivot terminates $250M licensing deal in 24-36 months.
- New York Times proprietary AI training commoditizes News Corp archives in 18-24 months.
What makes News Corp unique
- News Corp licenses premium content to OpenAI and Meta for LLM training.
- REA Group dominates Australian digital real estate with 61.4% ownership.
- Dow Jones supplies trusted business intelligence to AI models via Factiva.
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News Corporation has refinanced its debt through a new $1.50 billion credit agreement, comprising a five-year $1 billion revolving credit line and a $500 million Term A loan maturing in 2031. The expanded facilities coincide with an ongoing $1 billion share repurchase authorisation and AI-driven initiatives at Tubi. The refinancing provides News Corp with enhanced liquidity and financial flexibility as it attempts to shift earnings towards digital and data businesses whilst managing pressure on legacy print and advertising. However, analysts caution that the credit capacity alone does not materially change near-term catalysts around digital execution. The company faces key risks from structurally weaker advertising trends and digital audience erosion. News Corp's narrative projects $9.3 billion revenue and $754 million earnings by 2028, requiring 3.2% yearly revenue growth.
Optus cuts comms roles as NBN Co alumni move in. April 8, 2026 11:55 Optus is overhauling its communications and corporate affairs structure and has cut up to nine roles, as former NBN Co staff join its comms and marketing leadership ranks. Australia's second-largest telecommunications provider has cut up to six roles in its internal communications unit and removed three positions in external communications, with those in the latter required to reapply for their roles. All new hires into the external unit are contractors rather than full-time staff, Mumbrella understands. The external unit was previously overseen by associate directors of media and corporate affairs, Kathy Lipari, who resigned from Optus in January and joined News Corp two months later and Nicole Higgins, who is now on maternity leave. Mumbrella understands Lipari's role has not been replaced, while Higgins' maternity leave vacancy has recently been filled by Amber Scotto de Perta. The changes to the external team are understood to form part of a broader restructure overseen by Jane McNamara, who joined Optus as VP of external comms and stakeholder engagement last October. She came from NBN Co. Mumbrella understands the changes reflect a wider strategic reset rather than a straightforward cost-cutting exercise, and at least one of the affected in McNamara's team has been deployed within Optus. "Optus has made changes to its communications teams focused on how the teams are structured to support the business and its transformation program," an Optus spokesperson said in a statement. "For privacy reasons, we don't comment on individual employees or employee matters." McNamara is among several former NBN Co communications and marketing leaders to have joined Optus since former NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue took the helm at the end of 2024. Others include Felicity Ross, Optus' chief corporate affairs and marketing officer, and Rebecca Kington, director of strategic enablement within corporate affairs and marketing. The telco is also understood to have hired additional NBN Co alumni, Scott Whiffin and Jennifer Beauvillain De Montreuil, to work across communications and engagement, although their roles have not been publicly announced. The changes follow several years of public relations crises for Optus, including a cyberattack in late 2022. Two years later, the network experienced a nationwide outage that contributed to the resignation of then-CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin. More recently, Optus was hit by a major emergency services outage across parts of South Australia and Western Australia during which four people died, with two deaths directly linked to the network blackout. Writing about the Triple 0 outage at the time, crisis communications expert Peter Wilkinson described Rue as "a poor communicator, that's clear, so he relied on his communication team, and the crisis was beyond them." 1 COMMENTS Cameron Craig 8 Apr 26 When a company with a trust deficit cuts comms roles and fills the top ranks with the CEO's old network, it does not scream transformation. It screams control. Have your say. Or comment anonymously Your comment will be marked as unverified
News Corp has outlined plans for its Dow Jones division to reach $1 billion in annual segment EBITDA within five years during an investor briefing. The business intelligence and news unit has driven 11 consecutive quarters of year-over-year total segment EBITDA growth for News Corp. Between fiscal 2018 and 2025, Dow Jones transformed its revenue base to 82% digital and 80% recurring, achieving 17% compound annual segment EBITDA growth whilst nearly doubling margins to 25.2%. Key growth drivers include accelerating Risk & Energy businesses, expanding direct-to-consumer offerings, focusing on high-margin enterprise news, and maintaining cost discipline. Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour emphasised the company's positioning as a provider of trusted data for AI models, alongside its core news and business intelligence offerings.
NewsCorp Meta signs major AI licensing deal. NewsCorp Meta partnership expands AI content licensing. The NewsCorp Meta partnership represents a major development in the relationship between global media companies and technology platforms. News Corp recently announced a large multi-year AI content licensing agreement with Meta. The deal could reach a value of about $150 million annually. As a result, Meta will be able to use News Corp's editorial content to train and improve its artificial intelligence systems. The agreement allows Meta to access a wide collection of News Corp materials from publications in both the United States and the United Kingdom. This collection includes news articles, analysis pieces, and multimedia reports produced over many years. As a result, Meta gains access to reliable and structured information created by professional journalists. Therefore, the company can use this material to improve how its AI systems understand and generate information. In addition, the partnership highlights the growing value of trusted journalism in the AI era. Artificial intelligence systems depend on high-quality data to learn effectively. Consequently, reputable media sources have become extremely valuable training resources for technology companies. Strategic importance of the NewsCorp Meta deal. The NewsCorp Meta agreement shows how traditional media companies are adapting to a changing digital economy. For years, many publishers have faced declining advertising revenue. At the same time, digital platforms have taken a larger share of the online market. Therefore, media organizations are now exploring new ways to generate revenue. Licensing content for artificial intelligence training has become one promising strategy. By allowing technology companies to use their archives, publishers can monetize decades of journalism. Moreover, this approach allows them to maintain the value of professional reporting while expanding their revenue sources. Meanwhile, Meta benefits by gaining access to credible and professionally produced journalism. AI systems perform better when they are trained on reliable information. As a result, the partnership helps improve the accuracy and context of automated responses. Furthermore, this collaboration may help Meta address ongoing concerns about misinformation across digital platforms. In addition, the partnership demonstrates how both companies bring complementary strengths. News Corp contributes trusted journalism and large content archives. Meta, however, contributes advanced artificial intelligence infrastructure. Therefore, the collaboration creates an environment where both organizations can benefit. Industry impact and market response. The announcement quickly attracted attention from investors and industry analysts. Many experts see the licensing agreement as a strategic move in the evolving AI market. High-quality data is becoming increasingly important for training advanced AI models. Consequently, established publishers now hold valuable resources for technology companies. Industry observers believe the NewsCorp Meta partnership reflects a wider trend. Technology companies are actively searching for structured and trustworthy datasets. At the same time, media companies are looking for new ways to monetize their intellectual property. Therefore, partnerships between publishers and technology firms may become more common in the future. Moreover, the agreement highlights the growing importance of collaboration between media and technology sectors. Instead of competing directly, many companies now see opportunities to work together. As a result, both industries can benefit from shared innovation and new business models. Future outlook for the NewsCorp Meta collaboration. Looking ahead, the NewsCorp Meta collaboration may influence future partnerships across the industry. If the agreement proves successful, other publishers may pursue similar licensing deals. Consequently, the role of media companies in AI development could expand significantly. In addition, the partnership reinforces the long-term importance of professional journalism. Artificial intelligence systems still rely heavily on accurate and verified information. Therefore, trusted reporting will continue to play a vital role in the development of AI technologies. Ultimately, the agreement shows how collaboration can shape the future of digital innovation. By combining reliable journalism with advanced artificial intelligence tools, both companies strengthen their positions in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
News Corporation reported second quarter revenues of $2.36 billion, up 6% year-over-year, with profitability growing 9%. The company's net income from continuing operations was $242 million, down 21% due to the absence of an $87 million gain from REA Group's PropertyGuru sale in the prior year. Total Segment EBITDA reached $521 million, a 9% increase driven by strong performance at Digital Real Estate Services and Dow Jones. Dow Jones revenues grew 8% with record digital advertising revenues and nearly 30% EBITDA margins. The Wall Street Journal's digital-only subscriptions increased 13% to 4.3 million. Digital Real Estate Services revenues rose 8%, whilst Book Publishing increased 6% despite a $16 million inventory write-off. The company declared a semi-annual dividend of $0.10 per share, payable in April 2026.