About the Role & Team

　　The Systems Architect is a key technical lead for designing and integrating production IT systems at ABC News. This Systems Architect collaborates closely with management and the Principal Architect to build and propose standards for approval. The position involves working with all areas of the business to gather requirements for common standards and to assess and improve these standards into a portfolio for integrated solutions. This shared service role demands technical expertise and collaboration skills to achieve the vision and business objectives, while engaging with other technical areas and end users to design systems accurately.

　　What You Will Do

　　Lead shared infrastructure systems projects and initiatives

　　Diagram technical solutions large and small

　　Responsible for developing the standards for application authentication in accordance with internal security standards

　　Research the technologies that ABC News pursues and determine their feasibility in our environment, as well as the best way to implement them using industry best practices.

　　Write capital project scoping of technical requirements and the capital justifications for projects assigned

　　Propose roadmap of core systems infrastructure and technical expertise needed based on that roadmap

　　Participate in Daily/Weekly team task/project list and contribute to all projects

　　Contribute to standards for solution designs on prem and in the cloud

　　Work side by side with Networking Architects and other Systems Architects to design and implement solutions

　　Required Qualifications & Skills

　　Experience of 3 to 5 years in crafting media production solutions with a focus on IT systems

　　In-depth understanding of networking standards and the ability to implement networking solutions as part of a systems project in accordance with these standards

　　Subject matter expert in various technical areas such as Virtualization, Storage, Compute, Public and Private Cloud

　　Designing container-based application hosting and deployment processes and solutions

　　Experience in production video editing, motion graphics, and live production solutions

　　Capable of conducting detailed product reviews for purchase and providing build recommendations

　　Proficient in conducting all experiments for disaster recovery plans and identifying technical concerns related to core systems infrastructure

　　Proficient in all Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Mac) for both Standard and Custom Builds

　　Ability to manage time optimally without supervision

　　Staying updated on current technology trends

　　Consistently improving technical skills and capabilities

　　Responsible for architecting innovative solutions to address business problems

　　Understanding of media workflows and ability to integrate traditional IT technologies into the media environment

　　Experience with virtualization platforms in a hypervisor, including but not limited to VMWARE

　　Designing hosting and security plans for production products and solutions to fit platform computing, including hybrid setups

　　Database systems and associated infrastructure to support DB requirements, including but not limited to MS SQL & MySQL

　　2110 video solutions and AES audio integration into on-prem systems and stream transcoding to/from public cloud vendors

　　Backup solutions for on-premises and public cloud targets (AWS, AZURE, GCP)

　　Implementation of Anti-Virus / Anti-Malware solutions (Cloud Strike, Symantec)

　　Storage:

　　Block in Standalone & Metro Stretch Resilient Modes

　　NAS in Standalone Clusters & Metro Stretch Resilient Modes or Mirroring, SMB & NFS

　　NAS solutions vendors including but not limited to VAST DATA, NETAPP, DELL

　　Object Storage solutions and standards design

　　Authentication platforms (Microsoft Active Directory, SAML 2.0, oAuth and others)

　　DDI: DNS, DHCP, IPAM

　　Group Policies

　　Certificates and Certificate Authorities Providers (PKI)

　　File Acceleration Solutions including but not limited to Aspera & Signiant

　　Scripting including but not limited to Power Shell & Python

　　Server Hardware (Rack Mount & Blade Farms) including but not limited to HPe, Dell, Cisco

　　Required Education

　　Technical/Vocational certificate or degree in Engineering, Computer or Electronic Technology

　　AWS Certified Architect

　　The base salary for this position in New York City is $129,900.00 - $174,100.00. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

　　Job ID: 10073163

　　Location: New York,New York

　　Job Posting Company: ABC News

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