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Director, Engineering
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
Englewood, CO, United States
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Director, Engineering - IPTV
Company Overview:
Charter Communications is America’s fastest growing TV, internet and voice company. We’re committed to integrating the highest quality service with superior entertainment and communications products. Charter is at the intersection of technology and entertainment, facilitating essential communications that connect 24 million residential and business customers in 41 states. Our commitment to serving customers and exceeding their expectations is the bedrock of Charter’s business strategy and it’s the philosophy that guides our 90,000 employees.
Job Summary:
• Engineering Director for IP Video technologies including advanced encoding, ABR packaging and video distribution solutions. The candidate will direct and architect solutions for Charter Communications service delivery applications.
• Manages a team of senior engineers responsible for architecting, integrating, testing and qualifying new products for Linear encoding and packaging systems, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Encryption/DRM systems, and multiscreen video solutions.
• Duties include working with a team of advanced engineers whom support the development, integration, test, and troubleshooting of various technologies which support Charter’s digital headend systems, IP networks, mobile/web video delivery, Cloud infrastructure and encryption/DRM solutions for production deployment and engineering labs.
• Participate in creating architecture, specifications, and test plans for production product deployment.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the following areas; Next Generation Dynamic IP Video Packaging, Linear Video Workflow, DRM, HD/UHD/4K Video, Video Encoding, CDNs and IP networking.
• Provide analysis, solution architectures, specifications and test plans in support of various Advanced Engineering and Development projects to include, but not limited to: availability, elasticity, scale, performance, security and control for private, public and/or hybrid system architectures.
• Direct the evaluation and test of new technologies and provide implementation and design documentation. Use network design software like Visio and document procedures using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Strong inquisitive nature and ability to work well with vendors and internal stakeholders to drive to solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Project Management, and Operations teams.
• The candidate should have some software development process experience, but coding is not required.
• Responsible for keeping abreast of standards and regulatory requirements which impact IP video delivery solutions.
• Should have working knowledge with modern service delivery networks – HFC, IP Networking, DOCSIS, Transport, infrastructure monitoring solutions (ELK, Splunk, Nagios), virtualization solutions (VMware, Citrix), computing hardware (HP, Cisco UCS), MPEG, and protocols such as DASH and HLS
Skills/Abilities and Knowledge
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language to communicate with employees, customers, suppliers, in person, on the phone, and by written communications in a clear, straight-forward, and professional manner
• Basic knowledge of related industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols
• Knowledge in TCP/IP, OSI Model, network design, architecture, topology, protocols, switching, routing, security and load balancing.
• Ability to perform duties in a very fast pace environment and ability to learn new technology quickly
Education
• Masters or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or related field or related work experience
Related Work Experience Number of Years
Engineering work experience 10-15
Management work experience 2-5
EOE Race/Sex/Vet/Disability
Charter is an equal opportunity employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO Is the Law poster: Company website.pdf
Charter is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different.