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The Walt Disney Company

Systems Architect, ABC News

The Walt Disney Company, New York, New York, us, 10261


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

5 years experience 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 $132,500.00-$177,600.00. 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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