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Position Overview

Autodesk is seeking a Media Systems Architect to join the Media Productions team to design, evolve, and support the technology ecosystem that enables live production, video production, and media collaboration across the company.

This role is responsible for architecting and scaling the systems, infrastructure, and workflows that power Autodesk's media production capabilities. The Media Systems Architect will work closely with producers, engineers, IT teams, and cross functional partners to build reliable, scalable, and secure systems that support live broadcasts, recorded content creation, and enterprise communication.

As Autodesk continues to expand how it uses video and live production to connect employees and communicate across the business, the technology supporting these efforts must also evolve. This role focuses on designing and improving the media production pipeline, integrating enterprise platforms, and ensuring the production ecosystem can scale with the needs of the organization.

The Media Systems Architect combines hands-on technical expertise with a systems mindset, helping ensure Autodesk's media technologies are well designed, well integrated, and aligned with long term business needs. This role reports to the Manager of Media Productions and is based in the Bay Area in a hybrid onsite role. The Media Productions team supports collaboration technologies and media services that enable Autodesk employees to connect and communicate effectively, including live events, video production, post production, digital signage, training environments, and enterprise collaboration technologies.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain the technology ecosystem that supports Autodesk's media production capabilities, including live production, video production, and conference room collaboration workflows

• Design scalable systems and infrastructure that support content creation, live broadcasting, media asset workflows, and distribution across the organization

• Lead the development and improvement of Autodesk's end to end media production pipeline, including ingest, routing, storage, asset management, distribution, and archive

• Partner with producers, engineers, workplace technology teams, and IT partners to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions

• Serve as the technical owner for key media production platforms including Panopto, Iconik, Flix, LucidLink, AWS, HiScale, and related tools supporting the production ecosystem

• Evaluate and improve workflows across live production, video production, and conference room technology environments where media systems intersect

• Design and maintain broadcast and AV infrastructure including signal routing, production switching, ingest and playout systems, intercom, monitoring, and control environments

• Manage and optimize shared media storage environments, including NAS systems and hybrid cloud based storage workflows

• Support and monitor streaming infrastructure and implement methods for capturing system health, performance metrics, and operational insights

• Develop and maintain clear documentation for system architecture, configurations, workflows, and operational processes

• Collaborate with network and IT teams to ensure reliable connectivity, security, and infrastructure support for production environments

• Serve as Engineer in Charge during high visibility broadcasts and live productions as needed

• Provide technical guidance and escalation support for complex production or infrastructure issues

• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through workflow improvements, automation, and production tracking systems. Familiarity with Airtable or similar workflow tools is a plus

• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that strengthen Autodesk's media production capabilities

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in broadcast engineering, media systems engineering, AV systems engineering, or related production technology environments

• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting complex media systems and production infrastructure

• Strong understanding of live production, video production, and the technical systems that support content creation at scale

• Experience supporting or administering media production platforms such as Panopto, Iconik, Flix, LucidLink, AWS, HiScale, or comparable systems

• Experience managing shared media storage systems including NAS environments and cloud connected workflows

• Strong knowledge of broadcast and AV fundamentals including routing, switching, signal flow, streaming, ingest, playout, and monitoring

• Experience supporting systems across multiple spaces, teams, or geographic locations

• Ability to evaluate workflows and design scalable systems that improve operational efficiency

• Experience collaborating across technical and non technical teams

• Strong documentation and communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical systems and workflows

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience in broadcast engineering, media technology, or related fields

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting media workflows in enterprise environments

• Experience supporting conference room AV and collaboration technologies as part of a broader media ecosystem

• Experience working with hybrid cloud or distributed production environments

• Experience implementing monitoring, metrics collection, and system performance optimization

• Experience using Airtable or similar tools to support production workflows and operational coordination

• Experience working in a dynamic and collaborative production environment

About Autodesk

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Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

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