Overview
Our client’s Architecture & System Engineering group is seeking technically savvy System Architect to support multiple ongoing and future projects in a fast paced environment. This position requires strong architecture skills, subject matter expertise in video content delivery and solid knowledge of conditional access.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into architectural framework and design
- Work with business partners, application leads, project management group and other stakeholders to develop architecture and design deliverables
- Assess the architecture options and come up with recommendations that are in-line with the strategic vision for the enterprise wide best practices
- Support multiple projects as System Engineer providing technical leadership and oversight to ensure alignment with the original proposed architecture and design
- Proactively identify and suggest architectural improvements to as-is Systems
- Facilitate and lead in the evaluation and selection of commercial-off-the-shelf product evaluation, frameworks and open source platforms
Qualifications/Skills/Attributes
- Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Computer Science), Master's degree preferred
- 10+ years relevant experience as a Systems Engineer / Architect working in the Entertainment & Media industry
- Experience in coming up with high-level architectural design and technology roadmaps
- Understanding of latest trends and technologies including mobile based applications preferred
- Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills, with strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to collaborate without guidance
- Leadership qualities, including ability to facilitate technical discussions with diverse and cross-functional groups and good negotiation skills. Ability to influence others with ideas and proposed architecture options
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with the ability to adapt and change priorities as the business needs change
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to tailor communication to the target audience to achieve desired results
- Experience in Broadcast/broadband Television, Video-On-Demand, Pay Per View
- Understanding of video encoding, streaming and downloading on Internet
- Understanding of digital rights management
- Understanding of video content management
- Understanding of mobile technologies (mobile phones, tablets)
- Experience in identity management and industry standard frameworks such as OAuth, Open ID Connect, SAML, etc.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
