Broadcast Engineer — Washington DC-Baltimore Area

We’re looking for an experienced Broadcast Engineer to support a state-of-the-art international news and live production environment in Washington, DC. This role sits at the intersection of broadcast engineering, networking, and IT, with hands-on responsibility for the systems that keep live broadcast operations running.

What You’ll Do

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot broadcast contribution, distribution, routing, and network infrastructure

• Support on-air, live production, and studio operations

• Work with Lawo audio consoles, Lawo VSM, Riedel intercom systems, MOSART automation, and NDI workflows

• Configure and support broadcast switches, routers, WAN connectivity, and IP-based broadcast infrastructure

• Troubleshoot network and application performance using packet/protocol analyzers, TCP dump, and other diagnostic tools

• Support virtualized and cloud environments, including VMware, Active Directory, storage, compute, and network services

• Monitor system performance, traffic, security, and reliability to identify and resolve issues proactively

• Maintain technical documentation, including signal-flow diagrams, network diagrams, configurations, and system documentation

• Partner with vendors, engineering teams, and operations teams on infrastructure upgrades and long-term technology roadmaps

• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, maintenance, patching, and system upgrades

Required Qualifications :

• 5+ years of experience in a broadcast engineering environment

• Strong understanding of broadcast technologies, television standards, and SMPTE standards

• Hands-on experience with IP-based broadcast systems and networking

• Experience with Lawo, VSM, Riedel, MOSART, NDI, broadcast audio, and/or live production systems

• Strong understanding of LAN/WAN networking, TCP/IP, routing, and network troubleshooting

• VMware administration experience

• Experience working in high-availability broadcast or production environments

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills

• CCNA or CCNP certification preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Communications, Science, or related field preferred; equivalent technical training and experience will also be considered

• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Cloudflare is a plus

This is a fulltime role in Washington, DC.

Compensation: $100,000-120,000/year