Broadcast Engineer

Type: Full Time Posted Date: 2026-05-21 Pay Range: 87000.00 - 110000.00 USD per year **Primary Function** The Broadcast Engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining state of the art contribution, distribution, and routing platforms for the international news studios in Washington, DC. 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. Hours: Full-time, Rotating shifts (Day, Evening, Night) Travel required: No Lifting: 50-75lbs lifting as necessary **Duties & Responsibilities** 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. **Skills & 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. **Education & Experience** Bachelor's Degree in Science, Communications, Electronic Engineering or related field preferred; or Technical school training with electronics training and related experience. Cisco Certifications (CCNA/CCNP). 5+ Years of experience in broadcast environment. Customer Service Commitment: TeamPeople, a division of System One, is an organization dedicated to providing superior customer service. Outstanding customer service encompasses everything from performing the technical, creative and operational aspects of our jobs to the best of our ability, to going the extra mile to assist our customers and colleagues in any way. TeamPeople not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan. We respect, value and celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics and perspectives that make each person who they are. We also believe that bringing diverse individuals together allows us to collectively and more effectively address the issues that face our customers. It is our aim, therefore, that our partners, strategies and investments reflect these core values. TeamPeople is dedicated to providing superior customer service and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TeamPeople, a division of System One, is an organization dedicated to providing superior customer service. Outstanding customer service encompasses everything from performing the technical, creative and operational aspects of our jobs to the best of our ability, to going the extra mile to assist our customers and colleagues in any way. TeamPeople not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan. We respect, value and celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics and perspectives that make each person who they are. We also believe that bringing diverse individuals together allows us to collectively and more effectively address the issues that face our customers. It is our aim, therefore, that our partners, strategies and investments reflect these core values. TeamPeople is dedicated to providing superior customer service and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.