VoD TV Broadcast Technical Architect (AWS, TV)
6 Month Contract initially
Outside IR35 Rate Approx £520-565pd TBC
UK based Remote/Hybrid (Occasional Client site in West London as required)
Immediate start preferred or short notice
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
Must have (soft skills):
* 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.)
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