Director, Production Engineering
$170,744–$199,771 year
HybridStamford, Connecticut, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Manage Engineering staff daily and provide leadership to teams focused on post-production and studio systems engineering. Provide budgets, sourcing, and purchasing for new technical equipment and services. Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities while documenting system workflows and dependencies. Evaluate technologies to determine optimal solutions and provide architectural guidance on engineering projects. Ensure resources are utilized efficiently to support mission-critical production systems across New York, Stamford, and Los Angeles. Drive alignment of technology strategy and modernize production infrastructure within hybrid and cloud-based environments.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years supporting media production and/or television network facilities
- 5+ years of experience building and supporting media systems and workflows that leverage the cloud
- 5+ years of experience in a lead architect or management role
- Communication skills, both oral and written, must be exemplary
- Presentation skills require the ability to inform people with varying levels of technical and operational experience
- A strategic thinker who demonstrates initiative, innovation, and the ability to work independently
Desired Qualifications
- Degrees in analytical fields including business and physical sciences are also highly applicable
- AWS Certification such as AWS Certified Solution Architect
- Experience with cloud-based post production and video editing systems, including workstation management tools like Arch Platform Technologies
- Knowledge of multiple hyper-scaler and cloud environments (GCP, Azure, etc.)
- Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM environment
- Knowledge of AutoCad and other technical drawing tools
- Experience creating and documenting test cases
- Experience in scoping large scale projects and budgeting for them
- Experience with media-related WAN acceleration and file transfer orchestration tools, including Aspera and Signiant
- In-depth experience with video production and post-production technologies including various interconnection and networking as well, protocols
- Solid knowledge of key components involved in storage systems including SAN, NAS and archive systems (LTO)
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