Senior IP Broadcast Engineer - Live Production & Automation

TEKsystems; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking an expert Broadcast Engineer in Washington, DC to manage IP-based broadcast systems for live radio and video production. You will troubleshoot critical incidents, maintain automation workflows, and support virtualization and IT infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The role is onsite in Washington, DC with potential shift work. 5+ years in broadcast environments and strong knowledge of SRT/NDI/AES67 are required. Competitive compensation and benefits apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of broadcast engineering experience in live production, radio, TV, or media operations.
• Expert knowledge of IP-based broadcast technologies including SRT, AES67, NDI, and SMPTE standards.
• Proven experience troubleshooting live broadcast incidents under time-sensitive conditions.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, multicast, and WAN infrastructure.
• Experience using network diagnostic tools including Wireshark, TCPDump, and packet analyzers.
• Experience supporting broadcast automation, signal distribution, and media transport systems.
• Working knowledge of VMware, Active Directory, virtualization, and enterprise IT infrastructure.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize IP-based broadcast systems supporting live radio and video production.
• Support and troubleshoot mission-critical on-air infrastructure in real time.
• Engineer and maintain contribution and distribution workflows utilizing SRT, AES67, NDI, and SMPTE-compliant technologies.
• Support Lawo audio consoles, Lawo VSM, MOSART automation systems, and Riedel intercom environments.
• Monitor system health, network performance, and traffic flows using packet analyzers and diagnostic tools.
• Perform root-cause analysis and rapidly resolve production-impacting issues.
• Design and maintain broadcast network architectures, IP addressing schemes, and signal flow documentation.
• Work closely with operations, engineering, and vendor development teams to implement roadmaps and enhancements.
• Support virtualized and cloud-based infrastructure including VMware, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Skills

IP workflows

IP networks

Broadcast automation

Network troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Electronic Engineering, or related field

Technical school training with electronics

Tools

Lawo VSM

MOSART

Riedel Intercom

VMware

Active Directory

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking an expert Broadcast Engineer in Washington, DC to manage IP-based broadcast systems for live radio and video production. You will troubleshoot critical incidents, maintain automation workflows, and support virtualization and IT infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The role is onsite in Washington, DC with potential shift work. 5+ years in broadcast environments and strong knowledge of SRT/NDI/AES67 are required. Competitive compensation and benefits apply.