VoD TV Broadcast Technical Architect (AWS, TV)

Our Broadcast industry client are recruiting for a Technical Architect from a Video on Demand/TV Broadcasting sector background with In-depth understanding of modern cloud infrastructure etc including strong, hands- on experience of AWS technologies (ideally AWS Media Services - MediaConvert, MediaConnect, MediaLive). Broadcast Media VoD sector knowledge should include a general understanding of the Media Supply Chain, exposure to scheduling systems, play-out, VoD preparation, Working knowledge of media codecs, container formats and protocols etc .

Working with a major broadcast media sector clients (broadcasters, network operators etc.) Providing design and delivery of bespoke, cloud-based software solutions.

The technical architects are involved throughout the project lifecycle:

• Work with our customers’ product owners and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, and their technical teams to understand technical constraints and ways of working
• Help select the most applicable technologies and make the key design decisions within the project to enable a successful delivery
• Work closely with the pre-sales and development teams to explore different implementation options, estimate effort and produce a Statement of Work
• Document our designs and collaborate with project management, development and test teams to plan our work
• Collaborate with the development team to establish the project: environments, CI/CD pipelines, automated test strategy and tooling etc.
• Support the project team throughout the delivery phase of the project, helping overcome design and implementation challenges that may emerge
• Help ensure that the delivered product meets our standards of quality, security and reliability
• Support our customers and development/test teams through launch and beyond

• Excellent interpersonal skills to build lasting relationships with stakeholders
• Modesty, honesty and a willingness to accept ownership and responsibility
• Ability to self-organise with excellent attention to detail
• Risk identification and management skills
• Good verbal and written English

Must have (industry experience):

• General understanding of the Media Supply Chain
• Exposure to scheduling systems, play-out, VoD preparation etc.
• Working knowledge of media codecs, container formats and protocols

Must have (technical):

• In-depth understanding of modern cloud infrastructure
• A track record of delivering complex software projects using AWS technologies
• Competency in JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python
• Practical experience of:
• Databases: NoSQL and RDBMS
• Compute: AWS Lambda, containers and orchestration (EC2, Fargate, Kubernetes etc.)
• Messaging/integration: SQS, SNS, EventBridge etc.
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS etc.
• etc.
• An understanding of event-driven architecture
• An understanding of lean/agile development methodologies
• Proficient in using AI in your day-to-day tasks, and incorporating AI into your software solutions (LLMs, agentic flows, RAG, tool use, MCP etc.)
• The ability to mentor a dev team in the effective application of AI throughout the SDLC

Nice to have:

• AWS certification
• Knowledge of AWS Media Services (MediaConvert, MediaConnect, MediaLive etc.)