Senior Software-Defined Broadcast Architect

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401k matching

Flexible vacation

Sponsorship for training

Job summary

Qvest US seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to design and deliver software-defined broadcast facilities. You will bridge traditional production with cloud-native infrastructures, mapping media functions across on-prem, edge, and cloud environments while ensuring robust, secure, and scalable systems.

Lead cross-vendor integration, write performance-oriented requirements, and mentor a skilled engineering team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in professional live production, broadcast facilities, outside broadcast, or a systems integrator serving those environments.
• Deep, evidenced ST 2110 practice and relevant standards (PTP, ST 2059, ST 2022-7).
• Real IT and network depth: Linux, IP routing, QoS, hybrid cloud, identity.
• Software-defined fluency: containers, Kubernetes concepts, REST/OpenAPI, Git, IaC.
• Solution-architecture craft: client workshops, vendor evaluation, risk, cost, operating model.
• Senior integrator temperament: calm on-air, precise on paper, vendor-aware.
• Flexibility with strong client-facing presence.

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture for software-defined live production and migration to DMF-aligned platforms.
• Map productions to a graph of media functions and decide on-prem, edge, or cloud runtimes.
• Specify data and control planes for I/O, NMOS, and facility APIs.
• Design the platform around Kubernetes for media functions, timing, and observability.
• Lead multi-vendor integration through SAT/UAT, PoP, runbooks and live acceptance.
• Write and defend RFPs and SLAs translating requirements into compute, network, and operating models.
• Mentor the engineering bench and represent the practice with clients and industry groups.
• Role spans design office, lab, and live client sites.

Skills

Live production domain experience

Kubernetes

REST/OpenAPI

Git

Infrastructure-as-code

Vendor management

Client-facing

Tools

ORIGIN

MXL

Holoscan

Imagine AMPP

Grass Valley AMPP-class

Lawo HOME

Sony/Nevion

AWS

Azure

Job description

Qvest US seeks a Senior Solutions Architect to design and deliver software-defined broadcast facilities. You will bridge traditional production with cloud-native infrastructures, mapping media functions across on-prem, edge, and cloud environments while ensuring robust, secure, and scalable systems.

Lead cross-vendor integration, write performance-oriented requirements, and mentor a skilled engineering team.