Solutions Architect & Evangelist - Media / Broadcast

Evertz; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media technology company in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Solutions Architect & Evangelist to promote and design enterprise-grade Media solutions. The role involves collaborating with clients to define requirements and develop comprehensive documentation for system implementations. Ideal candidates will have a background in electronics engineering and over 3 years of experience in media workflows. The position also offers a competitive compensation package and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package

Work-life balance

Career progression

Casual work environment

Social events and sports teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience deploying file-based workflow solutions.
• Experience in designing and sustaining end-to-end enterprise projects.
• Familiarity with BXF and industry-standard traffic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with account management to engage prospective customers.
• Define and document the system scope with account manager.
• Lead proposal creation, maintaining documentation accuracy.

Skills

Problem-solving

Strong communication skills

Results oriented

Team player

Education

Electronics engineering (or similar)

Job description

As a Solutions Architect & Evangelist within the Media Distribution Group, you will work closely with customers promoting and designing enterprise grade Playout, Media Asset Management (MAM) and Distribution solutions. The successful candidate must be able to capture our client’s vision, business requirements as well as technical requirements and enable those utilizing Evertz hardware, software and professional services offerings. You will act as a focal point for Evertz clients and Evertz staff (account managers, R&D engineers, project managers, and executive management) to completely architect, design and document system requirements and implementation approaches for end-to-end enterprise solutions. The successful candidate must be comfortable and effective in a client facing role.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the account management team identifying and engaging with prospective Playout, MAM and Media Distribution customers.
• Assisting with identifying new customers while also growing and maintaining systems within existing customer base
• Work collaboratively with the account manager to define and document system scope
• Provide initial solutions to clients with Evertz equipment selection & systems design, refine over the design process to provide final quotation and supporting documentation
• Work with internal resources and the client to provide client demonstrations and / or documentation as proof of concept system, as required
• Work collaboratively with internal, client and third party teams to understand current and future business and technical requirements
• Take lead on proposal creation and refinement, take ownership and produce accurate documentation for bid set.
• Identify and manage project risks, clearly state assumptions, and work with client and internal resources to mitigate risks in advance of deployment.
• Ultimately create a clear and well thought out design package, gap analysis, functional specifications, and budget
• Act as the technical authority throughout the design, pre-commissioning, onsite commissioning, training and sustaining engineering phases
• Travel as required to client sites

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, documenting and sustaining full life cycle end-to-end enterprise-wide client facing projects.
• Experience working with file-based broadcast, production, post-production, non-linear distribution, automated transcoding and quality control, business / traffic systems type deployments and workflows i.e. the complete broadcast and media food chain.
• Electronics engineering (or similar) education
• Problem-solving, and strong communication skills
• Results oriented, self-motivated, and team player
• Familiar with BXF and industry standard traffic solutions
• Must have 3 or more years experience deploying file based work flow solutions
• Experience with Broadcast IT with network infrastructure
• Understanding in applications integration with business systems via the use of XML as the interchange format
• Knowledge of current digital video compression standards and file types
• Good written and verbal communication skills

What we Offer

• Competitive total compensation package
• Work-life balance
• Career progression
• Casual work environment
• Social events and sports teams