Broadcast Systems Engineering Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Description

The Broadcast Engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining state of the art contribution, distribution, and routing platforms for the international news studios.

The individual must have deep knowledge of network principles and Broadcast technologies, Television standards, systems, and all aspects of LAN, WAN and WLAN networks and Network services.

Essential Job Functions:

• Build and maintain state of the art contribution and distribution platforms for the broadcaster.

• Build and maintain cutting edge broadcast network infrastructure for the facility.

• Conduct performance and system tests to continuously evolve facility architecture and infrastructure.

• Analyze dashboards and constantly optimize system traffic, security and identify bugs in the facility.

• Collaborate with vendor product development teams, operational teams, engineering teams to develop long term strategy and implement roadmaps.

• Work with broadcast switches and routers for effective signal distribution throughout all operational areas.

• Work with IP-based network technologies, WAN interconnects, virtual machines, AD domain services, group policy deployment and database administration.

• Support on-air broadcast systems

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have knowledge of broadcast technologies, television standards, systems and theories along with strong IT skills and installation of IP based systems.

• Understand SMPTE standards and implements quality control on broadcast center equipment

• In-depth experience and talent in using packet/protocol analyzers, TCP dump to find and remedy application and network performance issues.

• Ability to work alone as an individual contributor, as a technical lead (when required) and as a participant in a team environment.

• Work on on-prem and cloud-based storage and compute infrastructure platforms. Ensure technology on site complies with company’s business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

• Lawo audio consoles and broadcast audio systems Lawo VSM

• NDI workflows and IP-based broadcast infrastructure

• MOSART automation systems

• Riedel intercom systems

• Broadcast audio mixing and troubleshooting

• Live production and studio operations

• Other duties, as assigned

• Strong documentation skills, including maintaining signal flow diagrams, system configurations, and technical documentation.

• Providing implementation services related to the specifications, installation, configuration, administration, testing, training and support of high availability network infrastructure.

• Designing IP scheme and network diagram for multi-server environments.

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all implemented.

• Maintenance and problem resolution, operating system patches and software upgrades, and routine hardware configuration.

• Responds to emergency situations as needed for the purpose of resolving immediate concerns.

• Good knowledge of broadcast engineering and IT technologies. VMware system administration for medium sized business with multiple offices.

• Experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare and other cloud services providers is a major plus.

• Self-starter, ideally with business start-up experience

• Teamwork focused attitude geared toward knowledge transfer within a multi-skilled team.

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Excellent people management and communication skills

• Ability to work in fast moving environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Alexandria, VA.

The pay range for this position is $87000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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This is a fully onsite position in Alexandria,VA.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 31, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.