Senior Broadcast Video/TV Systems Architect (Atlanta, GA)
INTRODUCTION: Our fast growing client seeks a strong Broadcast Video TV Systems Architect to lead their deployment of leading edge OTT and streaming video products with major broadcasters. This is a great stock opportunity in a company with amazing potential and fast growth.
REQUIREMENTS:
LOCATION AND SALARY: Permanent position in Atlanta, GA. Salary DOE but most candidates will be earning between $120,000 and $150,000 USD/yr. Candidates should be local or willing relocate to Atlanta quickly at reasonable cost (fast, easy relo). Our client has great benefits and this represents a strong stock opportunity.
ABOUT TECHTALENT: TechTalent specializes in Executive and Technical Recruiting for digital video, interactive TV, and broadband Internet clients. I am a skilled Management Consultant and TeamBuilding Executive: heavy tech background (MSEE from Georgia Tech) with 15 years of technical experience, the last 10 as a senior technical manager for companies that deployed digital video and interactive TV systems.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Senior level and deep expertise architecting, designing, building, and working in broadcast video and live TV linear video feed environments. OTT, Streaming video, and VOD experience is a major plus.
- Solid understanding of broadcast video and TV operations based on solid broadcast engineering and plant expertise and several years working with broadcast engineers.
- Experience at a TV broadcaster such as FOX, ESPN, Turner, ABC, NBC, etc. or at an equipment provider for broadcasters.
- Extensive technical experience with SD/HD SDI Video formats, SMPTE Standards/Protocols, digital video encoding and compression standards (ATSC, MPEG), transcoding, media file formats and distribution methods.
- Familiarity with traditional terrestrial and satellite broadcast distribution technology
- Experience with ABR live streaming and dynamic ad insertion systems
- Expperience with broadcast equipment providers such as Thomson, Harris, Elemental, DRM providers, ad-insertion provides, Adobe Access. Play Ready
- Experience interfacing with programming groups as well as third-party content providers
- Software leadership and experience interfacing with software engineers for development of advanced services such as streaming video, OTT, IPTV, etc. is a huge plus. Direct software experience is a huge plus but not required.
- Technical Leadership experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field – or equivalent industry experience
LOCATION AND SALARY: Permanent position in Atlanta, GA. Salary DOE but most candidates will be earning between $120,000 and $150,000 USD/yr. Candidates should be local or willing relocate to Atlanta quickly at reasonable cost (fast, easy relo). Our client has great benefits and this represents a strong stock opportunity.
ABOUT TECHTALENT: TechTalent specializes in Executive and Technical Recruiting for digital video, interactive TV, and broadband Internet clients. I am a skilled Management Consultant and TeamBuilding Executive: heavy tech background (MSEE from Georgia Tech) with 15 years of technical experience, the last 10 as a senior technical manager for companies that deployed digital video and interactive TV systems.
