Broadcast Systems Architect 5

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Job Summary

The Broadcast Systems Architect 5 is a senior technical leader responsible for designing and architecting complex broadcast origination, distribution, and media workflow solutions. This role supports both pre-sales engagements and post-sales design refinement, partnering directly with customers and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into conceptual architectures, cost models, and financial analyses. With deep expertise in broadcast systems, cloud and virtualized environments, transport technologies, and vendor ecosystems, this architect ensures delivery of high-quality, value-engineered solutions while shaping next-generation platforms and services.

Job Description

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About the Team

Our team designs, engineers, and supports industry-leading broadcast origination, distribution, and media workflow solutions that power large-scale, mission-critical content delivery. We collaborate across sales, engineering, operations, and finance to architect next-generation platforms that enable reliable, scalable, and cost-optimized broadcast services. The group plays a key role in defining current offerings and future strategic capabilities across cloud, virtualized, and traditional broadcast environments.

Role Overview

The Broadcast Systems Architect 5 defines, models, and architects sophisticated broadcast systems and end-to-end media workflows. This role engages directly with customers and internal teams to gather requirements and translate them into conceptual designs, detailed system models, and comprehensive pricing and cost analyses. The architect develops scalable, competitive solutions that align with business goals, service-level agreements (SLAs), and industry best practices, while contributing to the design of future broadcast platforms and service offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing technical discovery and requirements-gathering engagements.
• Develop conceptual system architectures, workflow diagrams, and integration models for complex broadcast environments.
• Own the creation of Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates, Bill of Materials (BOM), and full financial models used to price services and guide engineering decisions.
• Conduct detailed cost analysis and value engineering to present optimized solution options.
• Architect end-to-end broadcast systems including playout automation, Media Asset Management (MAM), content processing, cloud broadcast environments, transport technologies, and multi-site architectures.
• Partner closely with sales, engineering, finance, product, and operations to ensure alignment and successful solution delivery.
• Support post-sales design transition with architectural oversight and continuity.
• Maintain strong vendor relationships and evaluate platform capabilities, roadmaps, and integration suitability.
• Influence the design of next-generation platforms and long-term technology strategy.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in broadcast master control, origination, and distribution.
• Expert knowledge of broadcast specifications, standards, and operational practices.
• Demonstrated ability to produce conceptual diagrams, workflow models, ROMs, BOMs, and full cost and financial models.
• Strong pre-sales architecture experience with polished customer-facing communication skills.
• Advanced understanding of playout automation, MAM, content processing/transformation, Quality Control (QC) workflows, and Disaster Recovery (DR) designs.
• Expertise with cloud and virtualized broadcast ecosystems.
• General networking knowledge including IP transport fundamentals.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear, actionable architectural designs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across sales, engineering, finance, operations, and product.
• Track record of architecting or influencing next-generation broadcast platforms.
• Strong industry vendor knowledge and established relationships.
• Experience with both Serial Digital Interface (SDI)/Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI) and modern IP-based media systems.

What Success Looks Like

• Highly competitive, accurate, and scalable solution designs that help win business.
• Clear, aligned transitions between pre-sales architecture and post-sales engineering.
• Strong cross-functional influence and trusted partnerships across the organization.
• Forward-looking architectural contributions that shape long-term broadcast strategy.

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• Medical & Dental

• 401(k) Savings Plan

• Generous paid time off

• Life Milestones - from adoption assistance, childcare resources, pet insurance, and more, Comcast supports you at all life stages.

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Skills:

Software Systems Architecture; Technical Software; Software Architectures

Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $147,152.86 - $220,729.29

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That?s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality ? to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

10 Years +