Director, Media Production Engineering & Cloud Systems

A+E Global Media; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,744 - 199,771; Full time

Job summary

A+E Global Media is seeking a Director of Production Engineering to lead the Media Engineering organization across a hybrid production, post‑production and processing ecosystem. Responsibilities span on‑prem facilities and cloud infrastructure in New York, Stamford, and Los Angeles.

The Director oversees two engineering teams, aligns technology strategy with business goals, advances cloud adoption, and ensures reliable, scalable platforms for live events and content delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent).
• 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 (AWS preferred).
• 5+ years in a lead architect or management role, with experience managing other managers/teams.
• Experience supporting post-production equipment technology and data networks.
• Experience working with users to understand and resolve complex issues.
• Experience working with developers and software engineers.
• Experience designing and orchestrating daily support responses, training and documentation.
• Strategic thinker with initiative and ability to work independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide budgets, sourcing and purchasing of new technical equipment and/or services to engineering management.
• Manage engineering staff daily and provide leadership to improve teamwork, training, alignment with core values and business objectives, job satisfaction and communication.
• Position engineering staff members to exercise judgement based on their technical and tactical experience to facilitate innovative and creative decision‑making.
• Assure that resources are utilized efficiently to fulfill all departmental responsibilities.
• Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities and document system workflows and dependencies to make support processes easy to follow and maintain.
• Evaluate technologies and conduct research to determine the best solutions for a given need. Provide technical and architectural guidance on engineering projects to ensure scalable solutions.
• Support the department’s efforts around culture, diversity and inclusion throughout all areas of responsibility.

Skills

AWS

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Analytical field degree (business/sciences)

Tools

Arch Platform Technologies

AutoCAD

Job description

A+E Global Media is seeking a Director of Production Engineering to lead the Media Engineering organization across a hybrid production, post‑production and processing ecosystem. Responsibilities span on‑prem facilities and cloud infrastructure in New York, Stamford, and Los Angeles.

The Director oversees two engineering teams, aligns technology strategy with business goals, advances cloud adoption, and ensures reliable, scalable platforms for live events and content delivery.